MGASA-2022-0256 - Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 13 Jul 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0256.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-2319,
     CVE-2022-2320

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities:

ProcXkbSetGeometry Out-Of-Bounds Access.
The handler for the ProcXkbSetGeometry request of the Xkb extension does
not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory
write (CVE-2022-2319).

ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo Out-Of-Bounds Access.
The handler for the ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo request of the Xkb extension
does not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds
memory write (CVE-2022-2320).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30628
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2022-July/061035.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2319
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2320

SRPMS:
- 8/core/x11-server-1.20.14-3.mga8

Mageia 2022-0256: x11-server security update

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities: ProcXkbSetGeometry Out-Of-Bounds Access

Summary

Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities:
ProcXkbSetGeometry Out-Of-Bounds Access. The handler for the ProcXkbSetGeometry request of the Xkb extension does not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory write (CVE-2022-2319).
ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo Out-Of-Bounds Access. The handler for the ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo request of the Xkb extension does not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory write (CVE-2022-2320).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30628

- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2022-July/061035.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2319

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2320

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0256 - Updated x11-server packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 8/core/x11-server-1.20.14-3.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 13 Jul 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0256.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-2319, CVE-2022-2320

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