openSUSE Security Update : libX11 (openSUSE-2021-857)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 150457

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libX11 fixes the following issues :

- Regression in the fix for CVE-2021-31535, causing segfaults for xforms applications like fdesign (bsc#1186643)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libX11 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186643

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 150457

File Name: openSUSE-2021-857.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 6/14/2021

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

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-debuginfo, 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-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31535