Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2692
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:
xorg-x11-server
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 xorg-x11-server to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
i686:
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.i686
noarch:
xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.noarch
src:
xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.src
x86_64:
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-22.amzn2.0.7.x86_64