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Alpine: multiple xorg-server packages: security update to 21.1.14-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427027

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-9632

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427027

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9632

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9632