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openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0298-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75778

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary commands as root by assigning specially crafted hostnames to X11 clients via XDMCP (CVE-2011-0465).

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674733

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00018.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75778

File Name: suse_11_3_xorg-x11-110405.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-xauth, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0465

IAVA: 2017-A-0098