Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : X.Org X server vulnerabilities (USN-2500-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81398

Synopsis

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

Description

Olivier Fourdan discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled XkbSetGeometry requests resulting in an information leak. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0255)

It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled certain trapezoids. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly crash the server. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-6424).

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2500-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81398

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2500-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2015

Updated: 10/23/2023

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: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0255

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6424

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-xmir, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xvfb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xwayland-lts-utopic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdmx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdmx-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xnest, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server-source-lts-utopic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xephyr-lts-utopic

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6424, CVE-2015-0255

BID: 64127, 72578

USN: 2500-1