vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-21886: Security patch for xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2024-2455)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 21, 2024
Added
Feb 21, 2024
Modified
Feb 18, 2025

Description

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the DisableDevice function in the X.Org server. This issue may lead to an application crash or, in some circumstances, remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

Solutions

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