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SUSE SLED15: xscreensaver / xscreensaver-data / xscreensaver-data-extra / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:2641-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163799

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2641-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2021-34557: Fixed potential crash and unlock while disconnecting video output with more than 10 monitors (bsc#1186918)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 xscreensaver, xscreensaver-data, xscreensaver-data-extra and / or xscreensaver-lang packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186918

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-34557

http://www.nessus.org/u?a6b32dfc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163799

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2641-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34557

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xscreensaver, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xscreensaver-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xscreensaver-lang

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: 8/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34557

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2641-1