ALSA-2023:2249

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    ALSA-2023:2249

    Published: 9 May 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

    Details: Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): * 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) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2249, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3550, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3551, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4283, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46340, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46341, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46342, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46343, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46344, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0494, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2140698, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2140701, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151755, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151756, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151757, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151758, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151760, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151761, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2165995, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2249.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/xorg-x11-server-Xwayland

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -21.1.3-7.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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