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Debian DLA-120-2 : xorg-server regression update

high Nessus Plugin ID 82103

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Andreas Cord-Landwehr reported an issue where the X.Org Xserver would often crash with an arithmetic exception when maximizing application windows.

This issue (CVE-2015-3418) is a regression which got introduced by fixing CVE-2014-8092. The above referenced version of xorg-server in Debian squeeze-lts fixes this regression in the following way :

The length checking code validates PutImage height and byte width by making sure that byte-width >= INT32_MAX / height. If height is zero, this generates a divide by zero exception. Allow zero height requests explicitly, bypassing the INT32_MAX check (in dix/dispatch.c).

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/05/msg00002.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/xorg-server

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82103

File Name: debian_DLA-120.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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 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:debian:debian_linux:xnest, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-xorg-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xdmx, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xdmx-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xvfb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-xorg-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-xorg-core-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-xfbdev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xserver-xorg-core-dbg

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8091, CVE-2014-8092, CVE-2014-8093, CVE-2014-8094, CVE-2014-8095, CVE-2014-8096, CVE-2014-8097, CVE-2014-8098, CVE-2014-8099, CVE-2014-8100, CVE-2014-8101, CVE-2014-8102, CVE-2015-3418

BID: 71595, 71596, 71597, 71598, 71599, 71600, 71601, 71602, 71604, 71605, 71606, 71608, 74328