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Debian DSA-2693-1 : libx11 - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 66602
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.Solution
Upgrade the libx11 packages.For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.3.3-4+squeeze1.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1.
See Also
https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libx11
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 66602
File Name: debian_DSA-2693.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/28/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1981, CVE-2013-1997, CVE-2013-2004
DSA: 2693