RHEL 8 : xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2023:6916)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6916 advisory. X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user...

Slackware Linux 15.0 / current tigervnc Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2023-317-01)

The version of tigervnc installed on the remote host is prior to 1.12.0 / 1.13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2023-317-01 advisory. - A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the functio...

xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability was found in X.Org Server. This flaw occurs if a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window aka COW, where Xserver leaves a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will later trigger a use-after-free issue. The Overlay Window use-after-free...

Moderate: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland 22.1.9. BZ2158761 Security Fixes: xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability...

RHEL 9 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RHSA-2023:6341)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6341 advisory. Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:...

RHEL 9 : xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2023:6340)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6340 advisory. X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user...

Rocky Linux 8 : userspace graphics, xorg-x11, and mesa (RLSA-2021:1804)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2021:1804 advisory. - An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method XIM client was implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As p...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : VNC4 vulnerabilities (USN-4772-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4772-1 advisory. USN-2500-1 addressed CVE-2015-0255 for xorg-server. This update provides the corresponding fix for VNC4 on Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM...

ROS-2-1167

2.1167 Vulnerability in X.Org Server and libX11 CVE-2020-14347, CVE-2020-14344 1. Vulnerability Description: CVE-2020-14347 - Failure to initialize memory when allocating buffers for pixmaps using the AllocatePixmap call could cause the X client to leak memory contents from the heap when the X...

tigervnc security and bug fix update

1.12.0-15 - xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Resolves: bz2180305 1.12.0-14 - SELinux: allow vncsession create .vnc directory Resolves: bz2164704 1.12.0-13 - Add sanity check when cleaning up keymap changes Resolves: bz2169960...

AlmaLinux 8 : xorg-x11-server (ALSA-2023:2806)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:2806 advisory. - A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c...

CentOS 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (CESA-2023:2805)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2023:2805 advisory. - A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetCountedString of the file...

AlmaLinux 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (ALSA-2023:2805)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:2805 advisory. - A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c...

CentOS 8 : xorg-x11-server (CESA-2023:2806)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2023:2806 advisory. - A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetCountedString of the file...

Oracle Linux 9 : xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2023-2248)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-2248 advisory. - CVE-2023-0494 2166973 - Follow-up fix for CVE-2022-46340 2151776 - CVE fix for: CVE-2022-4283 2151801, CVE-2022-46340 2151776, CVE-2022-46341 2151781...

AlmaLinux 9 : xorg-x11-server (ALSA-2023:2248)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:2248 advisory. - A vulnerability classified as critical was found in X.org Server. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetCountedString of the file xkb/xkb.c...

The vulnerability of the X.Org Server software, related to the use of memory after it is freed, allows a hacker to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the X.Org Server software is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges...

ROS-20230419-03

The X.Org Server vulnerability is related to a post-release exploit bug where, when handling the deletion of a of a window, Xserver leaves a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a post-release usage error a...

Fedora 36 : tigervnc (2023-6f3f9ee721)

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-6f3f9ee721 advisory. Fixes CVE-2023-1393: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Fedora 36 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (2023-239bae4b57)

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-239bae4b57 advisory. xwayland 22.1.9 Security fx for CVE-2023-1393 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note...