Fedora 13 : xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-17.fc13 (2011-4879)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55050

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix CVE-2011-0465 root hole with rogue hostnames via xrdb

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11-server-utils package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9feb27cf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55050

File Name: fedora_2011-4879.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-server-utils, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2011

Reference Information

BID: 47189

FEDORA: 2011-4879