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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2015.199
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-199-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libx11' package(s) announced via the DLA-199-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libx11' package(s) announced via the DLA-199-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Abhishek Arya discovered a buffer overflow in the MakeBigReq macro provided by libx11, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Several other xorg packages (e.g. libxrender) will be recompiled against the fixed package after the release of this update. For detailed information on the status of recompiled packages please refer to the Debian Security Tracker at CVE-2013-7439

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.3.3-4+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u2.

Affected Software/OS:
'libx11' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-7439
BugTraq ID: 73962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73962
Debian Security Information: DSA-3224 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3224
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/81
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-April/002561.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2568-1
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