vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-3551: Important priority package update for xorg-x11-server

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/17/2022
Added
02/17/2025
Modified
02/17/2025

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.
A flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server package. The ProcXkbGetKbdByName function in xkb/xkb.c does not release allocated data when an error is encountered, allowing for a memory leak.

Solution(s)

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-sourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmxamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyramazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnestamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorgamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfbamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb-debuginfo
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