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High ALAS2-2021-1592 3 CVEs

Important: xorg-x11-server security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jan 25, 2021 · Updated Jan 26, 2021

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-25712: A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server. A heap-buffer overflow in XkbSetDeviceInfo may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. 1887276: CVE-2020-25712 xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2020-14360: A flaw was found in the X.Org Server. An out-of-bounds access in the XkbSetMap function may lead to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. 1869139: CVE-2020-14360 xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function CVE-2020-14347: A flaw was found in the way the Xserver memory was not properly initialized. This issue leak parts of server memory to the X client. In cases where the Xorg server runs with elevated privileges, this flaw results in a possible ASLR bypass. 1862258: CVE-2020-14347 xorg-x11-server: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to clients in AllocatePixmap of dix/pixmap.c

Fixed packages 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-common 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-devel 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-source 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-Xdmx 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-Xephyr 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-Xnest 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-Xorg 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-Xvfb 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland 0:1.20.4-15.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-14347.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-14360.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-25712.html