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Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / xorg-x11-xfs (ELSA-2007-0520)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67529

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0520 advisory.

 [1.0.2-4]
 - Fix root priv elevation bug (242903). Just don't delete the directory and make sure when we create the directory, that we set the mode using mkdir -m.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11-xfs and / or xorg-x11-xfs-utils packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0520.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67529

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0520.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3103

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-xfs-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-xfs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3103

RHSA: 2007:0520