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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702784
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2784-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-2784-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-2784-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Pedro Ribeiro discovered a use-after-free in the handling of ImageText requests in the Xorg Xserver, which could result in denial of service or privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.7-17.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.4-6+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.3-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.3-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'xorg-server' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4396
BugTraq ID: 62892
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62892
Debian Security Information: DSA-2784 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2784
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/6
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1426
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1610 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00056.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1614 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00060.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1990-1
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