Important: xorg-x11-server

Issue Overview:

Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/9e2ecb2af8302dedc49cb6a63ebe063c58a9e7e3 (CVE-2023-6816)

Reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/ece23be888a93b741aa1209d1dbf64636109d6a5
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/219c54b8a3337456ce5270ded6a67bcde53553d5
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/df3c65706eb169d5938df0052059f3e0d5981b74 (CVE-2024-0229)

Heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/4a5e9b1895627d40d26045bd0b7ef3dce503cbd1 (CVE-2024-21885)

Heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/bc1fdbe46559dd947674375946bbef54dd0ce36b
NOTE: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/26769aa71fcbe0a8403b7fb13b7c9010cc07c3a8 (CVE-2024-21886)

Affected Packages:

xorg-x11-server

Issue Correction:
Run yum update xorg-x11-server to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    xorg-x11-server-source-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    xorg-x11-server-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    xorg-x11-server-common-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-devel-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  
    xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.17.4-18.56.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6816, CVE-2024-0229, CVE-2024-21885, CVE-2024-21886

Mitre: CVE-2023-6816, CVE-2024-0229, CVE-2024-21885, CVE-2024-21886