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Fedora 17 : xorg-x11-server-1.12.4-7.fc17 (2013-5967)

low Nessus Plugin ID 67345

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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) Fix scrolling on Evoluent Vertical mouse Avoid memory corruption if too many touch listeners are active Bump EQ size to avoid spurious abrt reports Add a quirk to get a reasonably sane default button mapping for the Evoluent Vertical Mouse 3

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?8e1326ea

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 67345

File Name: fedora_2013-5967.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

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

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-server, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1940

BID: 59282

FEDORA: 2013-5967