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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2021.350.01
Category:Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2021-350-01)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the SSA:2021-350-01 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-server' package(s) announced via the SSA:2021-350-01 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2,
and -current to fix security issues.

Note that in slackware-current there are 4 issues fixed (CVE-2021-4008,
CVE-2021-4009, CVE-2021-4010, and CVE-2021-4011). In Slackware 14.0, 14.1,
and 14.2 the earlier versions of xorg-server don't contain all of the
vulnerable code, so only the applicable issues have been patched.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/xorg-server-1.18.3-i586-6_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixes for multiple input validation failures in X server extensions:
render: Fix out of bounds access in SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs()
xfixes: Fix out of bounds access in *ProcXFixesCreatePointerBarrier()
For more information, see:
[links moved to references]
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.18.3-i586-6_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.18.3-i586-6_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.18.3-i586-6_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
+--------------------------+

Affected Software/OS:
'xorg-server' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware current.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4008
Debian Security Information: DSA-5027 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5027
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDHYZM6FII35JA7J275MFCJO6ADJUPQX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXTRPFEQLFZ6NT2LPLZEID664RGC3OCC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKLSZCY47QK4RCJFXITYFALCGPJAFXOK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T57DCF726O5LLTST4NBL5PQ7DLPB46HT/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1547/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003122.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003124.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00035.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4009
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1548/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4010
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1549/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4011
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1550/
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