Out-of-Bounds Affecting xwayland package, versions <21.1.4-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (19th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XWAYLAND-7015444
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 17 Dec 2021
Introduced: 17 Dec 2021
CVE-2021-4009 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 xwayland to version 21.1.4-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xwayland package and not the xwayland package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcXFixesCreatePointerBarrier function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00035.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKLSZCY47QK4RCJFXITYFALCGPJAFXOK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXTRPFEQLFZ6NT2LPLZEID664RGC3OCC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDHYZM6FII35JA7J275MFCJO6ADJUPQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T57DCF726O5LLTST4NBL5PQ7DLPB46HT/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003122.html
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-December/003124.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220114-0004/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5027
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1548/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NKLSZCY47QK4RCJFXITYFALCGPJAFXOK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXTRPFEQLFZ6NT2LPLZEID664RGC3OCC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDHYZM6FII35JA7J275MFCJO6ADJUPQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T57DCF726O5LLTST4NBL5PQ7DLPB46HT/
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