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SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11 (SAT Patch Numbers 8723 / 8724)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72456

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in xorg-x11 in the function bdfReadCharacters(). CVE-2013-6462 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8723 / 8724 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854915

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6462.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72456

File Name: suse_11_xorg-x11-devel-140108.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xorg-x11-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xorg-x11-libs-32bit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6462