CentOS 4 : xorg-x11 (CESA-2006:0665)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22339

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated X.org packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

X.org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.

iDefense reported two integer overflow flaws in the way the X.org server processed CID font files. A malicious authorized client could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the X.org server.
(CVE-2006-3739, CVE-2006-3740)

Users of X.org should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c299d07d

http://www.nessus.org/u?b467c7fb

http://www.nessus.org/u?f0ed510b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22339

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0665.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-font-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-mesa-libglu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-xnest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-deprecated-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-xauth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-xdm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-xfs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-sdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-twm

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3739, CVE-2006-3740

RHSA: 2006:0665