openSUSE Security Update : libX11 (openSUSE-2018-945)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 112262

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libX11 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2018-14598: Fixed a crash on invalid reply in XListExtensions (boo#1102073)

- CVE-2018-14599: Fixed an off-by-one write in XListExtensions (boo#1102062)

- CVE-2018-14600: Fixed an out of boundary write in XListExtensions (boo#1102068)

Solution

Update the affected libX11 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102068

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102073

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 112262

File Name: openSUSE-2018-945.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14598, CVE-2018-14599, CVE-2018-14600