SUSE SLES12: libxkbcommon-devel / libxkbcommon-x11-0 / libxkbcommon-x11-0-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0037-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187661

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0037-1 advisory.

Fixed multiple memory handling and correctness issues (bsc#1105832):

- CVE-2018-15859
- CVE-2018-15856
- CVE-2018-15858
- CVE-2018-15864
- CVE-2018-15863
- CVE-2018-15862
- CVE-2018-15861
- CVE-2018-15855
- CVE-2018-15854
- CVE-2018-15857
- CVE-2018-15853

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187661

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0037-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/6/2024

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15857

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxkbcommon-x11-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxkbcommon-x11-0-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxkbcommon-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxkbcommon0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxkbcommon-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxkbcommon0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15853, CVE-2018-15854, CVE-2018-15855, CVE-2018-15856, CVE-2018-15857, CVE-2018-15858, CVE-2018-15859, CVE-2018-15861, CVE-2018-15862, CVE-2018-15863, CVE-2018-15864

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0037-1

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