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MiracleLinux 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-21.1.3-10.el8 (AXSA:2023-5920:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 292244

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2023-5920:02 advisory.

 * xorg-x11-server: buffer overflow in _GetCountedString() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3550)
 * 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)
 * xorg-x11-server: memory leak in ProcXkbGetKbdByName() in xkb/xkb.c (CVE-2022-3551)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/17104

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 292244

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-5920.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:xorg-x11-server-xwayland, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: 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