ALAS-2024-522

Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-522
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-15 02:51 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-19 20:27 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in xorg-server. Querying or changing XKB button actions such as moving from a touchpad to a mouse can result in out-of-bounds memory reads and writes. This may allow local privilege escalation or possible remote code execution in cases where X11 forwarding is involved. (CVE-2023-6377)

A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2023-6478)

Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/9e2ecb2af8302dedc49cb6a63ebe063c58a9e7e3 (CVE-2023-6816)

Reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/ece23be888a93b741aa1209d1dbf64636109d6a5
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/219c54b8a3337456ce5270ded6a67bcde53553d5
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/df3c65706eb169d5938df0052059f3e0d5981b74 (CVE-2024-0229)

SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/e5e8586a12a3ec915673edffa10dc8fe5e15dac3 (CVE-2024-0408)

SELinux context corruption

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/2ef0f1116c65d5cb06d7b6d83f8a1aea702c94f7 (CVE-2024-0409)

Heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/4a5e9b1895627d40d26045bd0b7ef3dce503cbd1 (CVE-2024-21885)

Heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/bc1fdbe46559dd947674375946bbef54dd0ce36b
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/26769aa71fcbe0a8403b7fb13b7c9010cc07c3a8 (CVE-2024-21886)


Affected Packages:

xorg-x11-server


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update xorg-x11-server --releasever 2023.3.20240219 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64

noarch:
    xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.noarch

src:
    xorg-x11-server-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.src

x86_64:
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-debuginfo-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.14-30.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6377, CVE-2023-6478, CVE-2023-6816, CVE-2024-0229, CVE-2024-0408, CVE-2024-0409, CVE-2024-21885, CVE-2024-21886

Mitre: CVE-2023-6377, CVE-2023-6478, CVE-2023-6816, CVE-2024-0229, CVE-2024-0408, CVE-2024-0409, CVE-2024-21885, CVE-2024-21886