Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0062: xorg-x11-server (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0062)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236015

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0062 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2022-2319 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-2022-3550:
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211051.

CVE-2022-3551:
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in X.org Server. Affected by this issue is the function ProcXkbGetKbdByName of the file xkb/xkb.c. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211052.

CVE-2022-4283:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the XkbCopyNames function left a dangling pointer to freed memory, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access on subsequent XkbGetKbdByName requests.. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

CVE-2022-46340:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs becuase the swap handler for the XTestFakeInput request of the XTest extension may corrupt the stack if GenericEvents with lengths larger than 32 bytes are sent through a the XTestFakeInput request. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions. This issue does not affect systems where client and server use the same byte order.

CVE-2022-46341:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XIPassiveUngrab request accesses out-of-bounds memory when invoked with a high keycode or button code. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

CVE-2022-46342:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XvdiSelectVideoNotify request may write to memory after it has been freed. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X se

CVE-2022-46343:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the ScreenSaverSetAttributes request may write to memory after it has been freed. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

CVE-2022-46344:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XIChangeProperty request has a length-validation issues, resulting in out-of-bounds memory reads and potential information disclosure. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

CVE-2023-0494:
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236015

File Name: alinux3_sa_2023-0062.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46344

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xnest, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xnest-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xephyr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xdmx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xorg, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xorg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:xorg-x11-server-xvfb-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2319, CVE-2022-3550, CVE-2022-3551, CVE-2022-4283, CVE-2022-46340, CVE-2022-46341, CVE-2022-46342, CVE-2022-46343, CVE-2022-46344, CVE-2023-0494

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