MGASA-2024-0357 - Updated x11-server, x11-server-xwayland & tigervnc packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 12 Nov 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0357.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-9632

Due to an improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local
attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a
specially-crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local
privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with
root privileges. (CVE-2024-9632)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33710
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/29/2
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9632

SRPMS:
- 9/core/x11-server-21.1.8-7.6.mga9
- 9/core/x11-server-xwayland-22.1.9-1.6.mga9
- 9/core/tigervnc-1.13.1-2.6.mga9

Mageia 2024-0357: x11-server, x11-server-xwayland & tigervnc Security Advisory Updates

Due to an improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially-crafted payload, leading to de...

Summary

Due to an improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially-crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges. (CVE-2024-9632)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33710

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/29/2

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9632

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0357 - Updated x11-server, x11-server-xwayland & tigervnc packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/x11-server-21.1.8-7.6.mga9

- 9/core/x11-server-xwayland-22.1.9-1.6.mga9

- 9/core/tigervnc-1.13.1-2.6.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 12 Nov 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0357.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-9632

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