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Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / 15.0 / current libX11 Vulnerability (SSA:2023-166-01)

🗓️ 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The remote host is affected by a vulnerability in libX11 prior to 1.8.6, allowing a malicious server to cause memory corruption and potentially crash the client

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory SSA:2023-166-01. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(177355);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/08/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-3138");

  script_name(english:"Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / 15.0 / current libX11  Vulnerability (SSA:2023-166-01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to libX11.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of libX11 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the SSA:2023-166-01 advisory.

  - A vulnerability was found in libX11. The security flaw occurs because the functions in src/InitExt.c in
    libX11 do not check that the values provided for the Request, Event, or Error IDs are within the bounds of
    the arrays that those functions write to, using those IDs as array indexes. They trust that they were
    called with values provided by an Xserver adhering to the bounds specified in the X11 protocol, as all X
    servers provided by X.Org do. As the protocol only specifies a single byte for these values, an out-of-
    bounds value provided by a malicious server (or a malicious proxy-in-the-middle) can only overwrite other
    portions of the Display structure and not write outside the bounds of the Display structure itself,
    possibly causing the client to crash with this memory corruption. (CVE-2023-3138)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2023&m=slackware-security.455025
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1eea7f5d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected libX11 package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-3138");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/06/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/06/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/06/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:libX11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}

include("slackware.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);

var flag = 0;
var constraints = [
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.0', 'arch' : 'i486' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.1', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.1', 'arch' : 'i486' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.1', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.1', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.2', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.2', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.2', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.2', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '1.8.6', 'product' : 'libX11', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'x86_64' }
];

foreach constraint (constraints) {
    var pkg_arch = constraint['arch'];
    var arch = NULL;
    if (pkg_arch == "x86_64") {
        arch = pkg_arch;
    }
    if (slackware_check(osver:constraint['os_version'],
                        arch:arch,
                        pkgname:constraint['product'],
                        pkgver:constraint['fixed_version'],
                        pkgarch:pkg_arch,
                        pkgnum:constraint['service_pack'])) flag++;
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : slackware_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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