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Oracle Linux 5 : xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2014-1982)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 80000

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1982 advisory.

 - CVE-2014-8091 denial of service due to unchecked malloc in client authentication (#1168680)
 - CVE-2014-8092 integer overflow in X11 core protocol requests when calculating memory needs for requests (#1168684)
 - CVE-2014-8097 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in DBE extension (#1168705)
 - CVE-2014-8095 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XInput extension (#1168694)
 - CVE-2014-8096 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XC-MISC extension(#1168700)
 - CVE-2014-8099 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XVideo extension (#1168710)
 - CVE-2014-8100 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in Render extension (#1168711)
 - CVE-2014-8102 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in XFixes extension (#1168714)
 - CVE-2014-8101 out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in RandR extension (#1168713)
 - CVE-2014-8093 xorg-x11-server: integer overflow in GLX extension requests when calculating memory needs for requests (#1168688)
 - CVE-2014-8098 xorg-x11-server: out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in GLX extension (#1168707)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1982.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 80000

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1982.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8102

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-sdk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xvnc-source, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xorg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xnest

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: 12/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8091, CVE-2014-8092, CVE-2014-8093, CVE-2014-8095, CVE-2014-8096, CVE-2014-8097, CVE-2014-8098, CVE-2014-8099, CVE-2014-8100, CVE-2014-8101, CVE-2014-8102

BID: 64127, 71595, 71596, 71597, 71598, 71599, 71600, 71602, 71604, 71605, 71606, 71608

RHSA: 2014:1982