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Oracle Linux 6 : xorg-x11-drv-qxl (ELSA-2013-0218)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68722

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0218 advisory.

 [0.0.14-14.el6]
 - backport of upstream commit 30b4b72cdbdf9f0e92a8d1c4e01779f60f15a741 support _ASYNC io calls and interrupt handling (busy wait) Related: #888364

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-drv-qxl package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0218.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68722

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0218.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0241

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-drv-qxl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0241

BID: 57637

RHSA: 2013:0218