Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : XFree86 (MDKSA-2005:164)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19919

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the pixmap allocation handling of the X server that can lead to local privilege escalation. By allocating a huge pixmap, a local user could trigger an integer overflow that resulted in a memory allocation that was too small for the requested pixmap, leading to a buffer overflow which could then be exploited to execute arbitrary code with full root privileges.

The updated packages have been patched to address these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19919

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-164.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:x11r6-contrib, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-xnest, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-cyrillic-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-glide-module, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xfree86-xfs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xfree86, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xfree86-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xfree86-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xorg-x11-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxfree86, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxfree86-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxfree86-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxorg-x11-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xnest, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xprt, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-cyrillic-fonts, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-glide-module, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xauth, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xorg-x11-xfs, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2495

MDKSA: 2005:164

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