Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2691
Advisory Release Date: 2024-11-08 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-11-15 14:00 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges. (CVE-2024-9632)
Affected Packages:
tigervnc
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update tigervnc to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
tigervnc-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.i686
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.i686
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.i686
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.i686
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.i686
noarch:
tigervnc-server-applet-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.noarch
tigervnc-license-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.noarch
tigervnc-icons-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.noarch
src:
tigervnc-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-24.amzn2.0.4.x86_64