FreeBSD : xkbcomp -- Several vulnerabilities (c7187676-d176-11f0-841f-843a4b343614)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277619

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the c7187676-d176-11f0-841f-843a4b343614 advisory.

X.Org reports:
Multiple issues have been found in xkbcomp that have been previously been published as CVEs in libxbkcommon. libxkbcommon is (to some degree) a fork of xkbcomp and some of the code base is identical. These CVEs were published earlier as:

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD 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: Medium

ID: 277619

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c7187676d17611f0841f843a4b343614.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 12/8/2025

Updated: 12/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2018-15863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15859, CVE-2018-15861, CVE-2018-15863

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