Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2023.038.02
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2023-038-02)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the SSA:2023-038-02 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the SSA:2023-038-02 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. [PATCH] Xi: fix potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses. Also merged another patch to prevent crashes when using a compositor with the NVIDIA blob. Thanks to mdinslage, willysr, and Daedra. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. [PATCH] Xi: fix potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses. Also merged another patch to prevent crashes when using a compositor with the NVIDIA blob. Thanks to mdinslage, willysr, and Daedra. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'xorg-server' package(s) on Slackware 15.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-0494 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165995 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/0ba6d8c37071131a49790243cdac55392ecf71ec https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-February/003320.html
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