SUSE: Security Advisory for xorg-x11 (SUSE-SA:2011:016)
🗓️ 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850164");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-04-22 16:44:44 +0200 (Fri, 22 Apr 2011)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_xref(name:"SUSE-SA", value:"2011-016");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0465");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for xorg-x11 (SUSE-SA:2011:016)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-x11'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(openSUSE11\.2|openSUSE11\.3)");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"remote code execution");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"xorg-x11 on openSUSE 11.2, openSUSE 11.3, SUSE SLES 9");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The xrdb helper program of the xorg-x11 package passes untrusted input
such as hostnames retrieved via DHCP or client hostnames of XDMCP sessions
to popen() without sanitization.
Therefore, remote attackers could execute arbitrary commands as root by
assigning specially crafted hostnames to X11 servers or to XDMCP clients.
CVE-2011-0465 has been assigned to this issue.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "openSUSE11.2") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xorg-x11", rpm:"xorg-x11~7.4~35.5.1", rls:"openSUSE11.2"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xorg-x11-xauth", rpm:"xorg-x11-xauth~7.4~35.5.1", rls:"openSUSE11.2"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "openSUSE11.3") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xorg-x11", rpm:"xorg-x11~7.5~12.3.1", rls:"openSUSE11.3"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xorg-x11-xauth", rpm:"xorg-x11-xauth~7.5~12.3.1", rls:"openSUSE11.3"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
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CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.05781