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RHEL 6 : libX11 (RHSA-2020:4946)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142475

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4946 advisory.

 - libX11: integer overflow leads to double free in locale handling (CVE-2020-14363)

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

Solution

Update the affected libX11, libX11-common and / or libX11-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14363

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4946

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1872473

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142475

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4946.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libx11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libx11-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libx11-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14363

CWE: 190, 416

IAVB: 2020-B-0051

RHSA: 2020:4946