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Oracle Linux 6 : xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2012-0939)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 68561
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0939 advisory.[1.10.6-1]
- xserver 1.10.6
- Use git-style patch names
- compsize.h, glxcmds.h: Copy from upstream git since they fell out of the upstream tarball
[1.10.4-15]
- Undo regression introduced in Patch8007 (#732467)
[1.10.4-14]
- xserver-1.10.4-sync-revert.patch: Revert an edge-case change in IDLETIME that appears to be more wrong than right. (#748704)
[1.10.4-13]
- xserver-1.10.4-randr-corner-case.patch: Fix a corner case in initial mode selection. (#657580)
- xserver-1.10.4-vbe-no-cache-ddc-support.patch: Only interpret complete non-support for DDC extension as 'DDC unavailable'. (#657580)
[1.10.4-11]
- xserver-1.10.4-dix-when-rescaling-from-master-rescale-from-desktop-.patch:
fix rescaling from master to slave if the pointer (#732467)
[1.10.4-10]
- Add patches to change the screen crossing behaviour for multiple ScreenRecs (#732467)
- remove the xorg.conf.man page from our .gitignore - we need to patch it now and its part of the upstream distribution
[1.10.4-9]
- xserver-1.10.4-no-24bpp-xaa-composite.patch: Disable Composite at 24bpp in XAA (#651934)
[1.10.4-8]
- xserver-1.10.4-fb-picture-crash.patch: Fix crash on invalid pictures (#722680)
[1.10.4-7]
- fix xephyr rendering when using two screens (#757792)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 68561
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0939.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 4/29/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.9
Temporal Score: 1.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4029
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xorg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xnest
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4028, CVE-2011-4029
RHSA: 2012:0939