Synopsis
The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch
Description
The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:056 (XFree86-server,xorg-x11-server).
The X server memory can be accessed my a malicious X client by exploiting a missing range check in the function XCreatePixmap(). This bug can probably be used to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X server (root).
Solution
http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_56_xserver.html
Plugin Details
File Name: suse_SA_2005_056.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list