RHEL 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RHSA-2024:2996)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 197776

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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-2024:2996 advisory.

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland.

Security Fix(es):

* xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write in XIChangeDeviceProperty/RRChangeOutputProperty (CVE-2023-5367)

* xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory reads/writes in XKB button actions (CVE-2023-6377)

* xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory read in RRChangeOutputProperty and RRChangeProviderProperty (CVE-2023-6478)

* xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer (CVE-2023-6816)

* xorg-x11-server: reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access (CVE-2024-0229)

* xorg-x11-server: SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer (CVE-2024-0408)

* xorg-x11-server: SELinux context corruption (CVE-2024-0409)

* xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent (CVE-2024-21885)

* xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice (CVE-2024-21886)

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 8.10 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-2024:2996.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 197776

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2996.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/23/2024

Updated: 5/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5367, CVE-2023-6377, CVE-2023-6478, CVE-2023-6816, CVE-2024-0229, CVE-2024-0408, CVE-2024-0409, CVE-2024-21885, CVE-2024-21886

CWE: 122, 125, 158, 190, 787, 788

RHSA: 2024:2996

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