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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-31081: ELSA-2024-2037: tigervnc security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-31081: ELSA-2024-2037: tigervnc security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:C)
Published
04/03/2024
Created
05/22/2024
Added
04/12/2024
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland-devel

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