SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xorg-x11-libs (SUSE-SU-2018:0246-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106449

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for xorg-x11-libs fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2017-16612: Heap overflows due to an integer overflow while parsing images and a signedness issue while parsing comments (bsc#1065386).

- CVE-2017-13720: Improper check for end of string in PatterMatch caused invalid reads (bsc#1054285)

- CVE-2017-13722: Malformed PCF file could have caused DoS or leak information (bsc#1049692)

- Prevent the X server from accessing arbitrary files as root. It is not possible to leak information, but special files can be touched allowing for causing side effects (bsc#1050459)

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

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-xorg-x11-libs-13444=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-xorg-x11-libs-13444=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xorg-x11-libs-13444=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054285

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065386

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13720/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13722/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16612/

http://www.nessus.org/u?c6c85fd8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106449

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0246-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-libs, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13720, CVE-2017-13722, CVE-2017-16612