Improper Protection for Out of Bounds Signal Level Alerts Affecting xorg-server package, versions <21.1.4-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XORGSERVER-7015459
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 1 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 xorg-server to version 21.1.4-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. An out-of-bounds access issue can occur in the ProcXkbSetGeometry function due to improper validation of the request length.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.8 high
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Red Hat

7.6 high