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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libx11, libxrender vulnerability (USN-2568-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 82766

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2568-1 advisory.

 Abhishek Arya discovered that libX11 incorrectly handled memory in the MakeBigReq macro. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

 In addition, following the macro fix in libx11, a number of other packages have also been rebuilt as security updates including libxrender, libxext, libxi, libxfixes, libxrandr, libsdl1.2, libxv, libxp, and xserver-xorg-video-vmware.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 libxrender-dev, libxrender1 and / or libxrender1-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2568-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 82766

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2568-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2015

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7439

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxrender-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxrender1-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxrender1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7439

USN: 2568-1