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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : X.Org X Server vulnerabilities (USN-7299-1)

🗓️ 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Ubuntu systems face X.Org X Server vulnerabilities allowing denial of service or code execution risks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7299-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(216771);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/21");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-26594",
    "CVE-2025-26595",
    "CVE-2025-26596",
    "CVE-2025-26597",
    "CVE-2025-26598",
    "CVE-2025-26599",
    "CVE-2025-26600",
    "CVE-2025-26601"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7299-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0135-S");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : X.Org X Server vulnerabilities (USN-7299-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7299-1 advisory.

    Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An
    attacker could use these issues to cause the X Server to crash, leading to a denial of service, or
    possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7299-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2025-26601");

  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:"2025/02/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/02/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/02/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdmx");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdmx-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xnest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server-source");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xephyr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xvfb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xwayland");
  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_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2025-2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '24.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 / 24.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) 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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.19'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.17'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:23.2.6-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:21.1.13-2ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '24.10', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:24.1.2-1ubuntu0.4'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'xdmx / xdmx-tools / xnest / xorg-server-source / xserver-common / etc');
}

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