Fedora 7 : xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.5-1.fc7 (2007-4263)

high Nessus Plugin ID 29278

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Bug #373261 - CVE-2007-4568 xfs integer overflow in the build_range function [f7]

- Bug #373331 - CVE-2007-4990 xfs heap overflow in the swap_char2b function [f7]

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

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11-xfs, xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo and / or xorg-x11-xfs-utils packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373261

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373331

http://www.nessus.org/u?42fef06a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29278

File Name: fedora_2007-4263.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-xfs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-xfs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-xfs-utils, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2007

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4568, CVE-2007-4990

BID: 25898

CWE: 119, 189

FEDORA: 2007-4263