Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: egl-wayland / egl-wayland-debuginfo / egl-wayland-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2021_1804)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359446

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_1804 advisory.

* xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetNames function (CVE-2020-14345)

* xorg-x11-server: Integer underflow in the X input extension protocol (CVE-2020-14346)

* xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds access in XkbSetMap function (CVE-2020-14360)

* xorg-x11-server: XkbSelectEvents integer underflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-14361)

* xorg-x11-server: XRecordRegisterClients integer underflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-14362)

* libX11: Integer overflow leads to double free in locale handling (CVE-2020-14363)

* xorg-x11-server: XkbSetDeviceInfo heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-25712)

* libX11: Heap overflow in the X input method client (CVE-2020-14344)

* xorg-x11-server: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to clients in AllocatePixmap of dix/pixmap.c (CVE-2020-14347)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_1804.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359446

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_1804.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.27

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25712

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14344, CVE-2020-14345, CVE-2020-14346, CVE-2020-14347, CVE-2020-14360, CVE-2020-14361, CVE-2020-14362, CVE-2020-14363, CVE-2020-25712

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