QID 241537

Date Published: 2023-05-17

QID 241537: Red Hat Update for xorg-x11-server-xwayland (RHSA-2023:2805)

Xwayland is an x server for running x clients under wayland...Security Fix(es):

    xorg-x11-server: buffer overflow in _getcountedstring() in xkb/xkb.c (cve-2022-3550).
    Xorg-x11-server: xkbgetkbdbyname use-after-free (cve-2022-4283).
    Xorg-x11-server: xtestswapfakeinput stack overflow (cve-2022-46340).
    Xorg-x11-server: xipassiveungrab out-of-bounds access (cve-2022-46341).
    Xorg-x11-server: xvdiselectvideonotify use-after-free (cve-2022-46342).
    Xorg-x11-server: screensaversetattributes use-after-free (cve-2022-46343).
    Xorg-x11-server: xichangeproperty out-of-bounds access (cve-2022-46344).
    Xorg-x11-server: deepcopypointerclasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation (cve-2023-0494).
    Xorg-x11-server: memory leak in procxkbgetkbdbyname() in xkb/xkb.c (cve-2022-3551).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:2805 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:2805 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2805