RHEL 4 : xorg-x11 (RHSA-2008:0503)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 33152

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for xorg-x11.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2008:0503 advisory.

- X.org Record and Security extensions memory corruption (CVE-2008-1377)

- X.org MIT-SHM extension arbitrary memory read (CVE-2008-1379)

- X.org Render extension AllocateGlyph() heap buffer overflow (CVE-2008-2360)

- X.org Render extension ProcRenderCreateCursor() crash (CVE-2008-2361)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL xorg-x11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2008:0503.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 33152

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0503.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/12/2008

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1377

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1377, CVE-2008-1379, CVE-2008-2360, CVE-2008-2361

BID: 29665, 29666, 29668, 29669

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2008:0503

Detections

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