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GLSA-201810-09 : X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118509

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201810-09 (X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation)

 An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.
 Impact :

 A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by passing crafted parameters to the X.org X server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All X.Org X Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118509

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201810-09.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 10/31/2018

Updated: 1/31/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xorg-server, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Xorg X11 Server SUID modulepath Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14665

GLSA: 201810-09

IAVB: 2018-B-0140