SuSE 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11-libs (SAT Patch Number 9272)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74463

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

xorg-x11-libs was patched to fix the following security issues :

- Integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing. (CVE-2014-0209)

- libxfont not validating length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies. (CVE-2014-0210)

- Integer overflows causing miscalculating memory needs for xfs replies. (CVE-2014-0211) Further information is available at http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/00243 1.html .

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9272.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857544

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0209.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0210.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0211.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74463

File Name: suse_11_xorg-x11-devel-140515.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xorg-x11-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xorg-x11-libs-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211