Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-31083: The ProcRenderAddGlyphs() function calls the AllocateGlyph() function to store new glyphs sent by the client to the X server. AllocateGlyph() would return a new glyph with refcount=0 and a re-used glyph would end up not changing the refcount at all. The resulting glyph_new array would thus have multiple entries pointing to the same non-refcounted glyphs. ProcRenderAddGlyphs() may free a glyph, resulting in a use-after-free when the same glyph pointer is then later used. CVE-2024-31081: A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads. CVE-2024-31080: A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIGetSelectedEvents() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads.
Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-debuginfo | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-icons | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-license | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-server | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-server-applet | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-server-minimal | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | tigervnc-server-module | 0:1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.3 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 7.8
Xorg-x11-server: use-after-free in procrenderaddglyphs
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the ProcRenderAddGlyphs() function of Xorg servers. This issue occurs when AllocateGlyph() is called to store new glyphs sent by the client to the X server, potentially resulting in multiple entries pointing to the …
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High 7.3
Xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overread/data leakage in procxigetselectedevents
A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIGetSelectedEvents() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly …
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High 7.3
Xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overread/data leakage in procxipassivegrabdevice
A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly …