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Fedora 18 : xorg-x11-server-1.13.3-3.fc18 (2013-5928)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66167

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix input buffer size to flush evdev events before enabling a device (CVE-2013-1940)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11-server package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950438

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a34a998

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66167

File Name: fedora_2013-5928.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1940

FEDORA: 2013-5928