The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2249 advisory.

  - xorg-x11-server: buffer overflow in _GetCountedString() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3550)

  - xorg-x11-server: memory leak in ProcXkbGetKbdByName() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3551)

  - xorg-x11-server: XkbGetKbdByName use-after-free (CVE-2022-4283)

  - xorg-x11-server: XTestSwapFakeInput stack overflow (CVE-2022-46340)

  - xorg-x11-server: XIPassiveUngrab out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-46341)

  - xorg-x11-server: XvdiSelectVideoNotify use-after-free (CVE-2022-46342)

  - xorg-x11-server: ScreenSaverSetAttributes use-after-free (CVE-2022-46343)

  - xorg-x11-server: XIChangeProperty out-of-bounds access (CVE-2022-46344)

  - xorg-x11-server: DeepCopyPointerClasses use-after-free leads to privilege elevation (CVE-2023-0494)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

RHEL 9 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RHSA-2023:2249)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175479

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.2 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.1 May 24, 2023, 8:43 PM Logic Changes (Added support for ppc64le architecture) Plugin Feed: 202305242043
Version 1.0 May 13, 2023, 4:05 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305131605