GLSA-201207-04 : X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation

NASLDB: GLSA-201207-04 : X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation

General

ID: 59896
Name: GLSA-201207-04 : X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation

Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201207-04
(X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation)

The ‘LogVHdrMessageVerb()’ function in log.c contains a format string
vulnerability.
NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability is reduced in Gentoo due to X.Org X
Server being built with ‘-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2’ by default.

Impact :

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges or cause a Denial of
Service condition.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2012-2118
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2012/07/09
Plugin Release: 2012/07/10

Plugin

Version: 1.1
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-201207-04.nasl
Filesize: 3505 bytes
MD5 Hash: 733c39a22f81417cc7ce5a6e1830d1ce

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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