RHEL 4 : xorg-x11 (RHSA-2011:0432)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53370

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xorg-x11.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0432 advisory.

- xorg: xrdb code execution via crafted X client hostname (CVE-2011-0465)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL xorg-x11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0432.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a0fecd91

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680196

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0432

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53370

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0432.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2011

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-mesa-libglu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xnest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-deprecated-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-font-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-sdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-twm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xauth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xdm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xfs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0465

BID: 47189

IAVA: 2017-A-0098

RHSA: 2011:0432