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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2018:3456-1)

2018-10-2600:00:00
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This update for xorg-x11-server provides the following fix :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-14665: Local attackers could overwrite system files in any directory using the -logfile option and gain privileges (bsc#1111697)

Non security issues fixed: Do not write past the allocated buffer.
(bsc#1078383)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3456-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(118457);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14665");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2018-B-0140");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2018:3456-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update for xorg-x11-server provides the following fix :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-14665: Local attackers could overwrite system files in any
directory using the -logfile option and gain privileges (bsc#1111697)

Non security issues fixed: Do not write past the allocated buffer.
(bsc#1078383)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE 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://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078383"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111697"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14665/"
  );
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183456-1/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6bfca343"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t
patch sdksp4-xorg-x11-server-13843=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch
slessp4-xorg-x11-server-13843=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch
slessp3-xorg-x11-server-13843=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch
sleposp3-xorg-x11-server-13843=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch
dbgsp4-xorg-x11-server-13843=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch
dbgsp3-xorg-x11-server-13843=1"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Xorg X11 Server SUID privilege escalation');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-Xvnc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/10/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES11)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES11", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);

sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES11" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES11 SP3/4", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.122.21.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.122.21.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.122.21.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", reference:"xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.122.21.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", reference:"xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.122.21.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", reference:"xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.122.21.1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xorg-x11-server");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxxorg-x11-server-extrap-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server-extra
novellsuse_linuxxorg-x11-xvncp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-xvnc
novellsuse_linuxxorg-x11-serverp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server
novellsuse_linux11cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11