RHEL 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RHSA-2023:2805)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176145

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2805 advisory.

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)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL xorg-x11-server-Xwayland packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:2805.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176145

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-2805.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46344

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xwayland, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3550, CVE-2022-3551, CVE-2022-4283, CVE-2022-46340, CVE-2022-46341, CVE-2022-46342, CVE-2022-46343, CVE-2022-46344, CVE-2023-0494

CWE: 120, 121, 125, 404, 416

RHSA: 2023:2805

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