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Severity: Medium
ID: 220454
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_10972.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 9/3/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10972
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xwayland, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-xorg, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xnest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xorg, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-xnest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xorg-x11-server-xwayland, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xvfb
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2017
CVE: CVE-2017-10972