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Debian DLA-684-2 : libx11 regression update

🗓️ 27 Oct 2016 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Debian DLA-684-2 updates libx11 to fix possible invalid fre

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Code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-684-2. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(94298);
  script_version("2.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/04/02");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-684-2 : libx11 regression update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A possible invalid free was introduced in libx11 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u3,
which could lead to application crashes or other issues.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version
2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libx11 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00016.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libx11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/10/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb1-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2025 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-6", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-6-dbg", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-6-udeb", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-data", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-dev", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-doc", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-xcb-dev", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-xcb1", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libx11-xcb1-dbg", reference:"2:1.5.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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