Debian DLA-199-1 : libx11 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 82785

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Abhishek Arya discovered a buffer overflow in the MakeBigReq macro provided by libx11, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Several other xorg packages (e.g. libxrender) will be recompiled against the fixed package after the release of this update. For detailed information on the status of recompiled packages please refer to the Debian Security Tracker at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7439

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.3.3-4+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u2.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82785

File Name: debian_DLA-199.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2015

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb1-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: 4/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7439

BID: 73962

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