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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2022:5905-01 Important: Xorg Out-Of-Bounds

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Calendar Grey August 4, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical unveils critical patch for graphical server components in Ubuntu 18.04, tackling significant buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.
Security Fix(es):
* xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server ProcXkbSetGeometry out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-2319)
* xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds access in ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo request handler of the Xkb extension (CVE-2022-2320)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important out-of-bounds access X Window System xorg-x11-server

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2319 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2320 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-18.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-18.el7_9.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-18.el7_9.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-18.el7_9.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-18.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-18.el7_9.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-18.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5905-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5905
Issue date: 2022-08-04

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important out-of-bounds access X Window System xorg-x11-server

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2106671 - CVE-2022-2319 xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server ProcXkbSetGeometry out-of-bounds access

2106683 - CVE-2022-2320 xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds access in ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo request handler of the Xkb extension

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