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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2024-21885: xorg-x11-server security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2024-21885: xorg-x11-server security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/28/2024
Created
03/14/2024
Added
03/13/2024
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

A flaw was found in X.Org server. In the XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent function, it is possible to exceed the allocated array length when certain new device IDs are added to the xXIHierarchyInfo struct. This can trigger a heap buffer overflow condition, which may lead to an application crash or remote code execution in SSH X11 forwarding environments.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp11-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-help

References

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