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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703160
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3160-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-3160-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the DSA-3160-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Olivier Fourdan discovered that missing input validation in the Xserver's handling of XkbSetGeometry requests may result in an information leak or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.12.4-6+deb7u6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.16.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xorg-server packages.

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0255
BugTraq ID: 72578
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72578
Debian Security Information: DSA-3160 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3160
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-06
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:119
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0797
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0797.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0337 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00085.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0338 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00086.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2500-1
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