Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0219: xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0219)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236041

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-2022:0219 advisory.

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

CVE-2021-4008:
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVE-2021-4009:
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcXFixesCreatePointerBarrier function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVE-2021-4010:
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SProcScreenSaverSuspend function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVE-2021-4011:
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 21.1.2 and before 1.20.14. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the SwapCreateRegister function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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: 236041

File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0219.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4011

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

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

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: 12/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4008, CVE-2021-4009, CVE-2021-4010, CVE-2021-4011

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