Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-9632: A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.
Fixed packages 10
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-common | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-debuginfo | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-devel | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-source | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-Xdmx | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-Xephyr | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-Xnest | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-Xorg | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-Xvfb | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xorg-x11-server-Xwayland | 0:1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability
A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalatio…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-9632.html