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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3551: Security patch for xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2023-1910)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3551: Security patch for xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2023-1910)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/17/2022
Created
01/25/2023
Added
01/24/2023
Modified
01/24/2023

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in X.org Server. Affected by this issue is the function ProcXkbGetKbdByName of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211052.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland

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