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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702661
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2661-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-2661-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-2661-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
David Airlie and Peter Hutterer of Red Hat discovered that xorg-server, the X.Org X server was vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw related to input handling and devices hotplug.

When an X server is running but not on front (for example because of a VT switch), a newly plugged input device would still be recognized and handled by the X server, which would actually transmit input events to its clients on the background.

This could allow an attacker to recover some input events not intended for the X clients, including sensitive information.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.7.7-16.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.12.4-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.12.4-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'xorg-server' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1940
Debian Security Information: DSA-2661 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2661
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104089.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102391.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/3
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0878 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00015.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1803-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

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