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Alpine: multiple xorg-server packages: security update to 1.20.3-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407919

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. 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.
 (CVE-2018-14665)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-14665

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 407919

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 9/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.37

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Xorg X11 Server SUID modulepath Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14665

BID: 105741