Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-3551: Important priority package update for xorg-x11-server
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-common
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debugsource
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb-debuginfo
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