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Alpine: multiple xorg-server packages: security update to 21.1.4-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427540

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. An out-of-bounds access issue can occur in the ProcXkbSetGeometry
 function due to improper validation of the request length. (CVE-2022-2319)

 - A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. The specific flaw exists within the handling of
 ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data,
 which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. This flaw allows an attacker to
 escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root. (CVE-2022-2320)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-2319

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-2320

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427540

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 57.12

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-2022-2320

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: 8/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2319, CVE-2022-2320