Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer Affecting xorg-x11-server-devel package, versions <0:1.17.4-18.56.amzn1
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- published 30 Apr 2024
- disclosed 9 Feb 2024
Introduced: 9 Feb 2024
CVE-2024-0229 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03
xorg-x11-server-devel
to version 0:1.17.4-18.56.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2024-1932
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-devel
package and not the xorg-x11-server-devel
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2018.03
relevant fixed versions and status.
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the X.Org server. This issue can be triggered when a device frozen by a sync grab is reattached to a different master device. This issue may lead to an application crash, local privilege escalation (if the server runs with extended privileges), or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0229
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0557
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0558
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0597
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0607
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0614
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0617
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0621
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0629
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0229
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256690
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996