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FreeBSD : x11/cde -- Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession (848bdd06-f93a-11eb-9f7d-206a8a720317)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152490

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Marco Ivaldi (marco.ivaldi () mediaservice net) reports :

A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor() function in the Common Desktop Environment 2.3.1 and earlier and 1.6 and earlier, as distributed with Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 (Update 11) and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long palette name passed to dtsession in a malicious .Xdefaults file.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f6f0a93f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152490

File Name: freebsd_pkg_848bdd06f93a11eb9f7d206a8a720317.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/11/2021

Updated: 12/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-2696

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:cde, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-2696