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Red Hat: CVE-2022-46344: XIChangeProperty out-of-bounds access (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-46344: XIChangeProperty out-of-bounds access (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/14/2022
Created
01/13/2023
Added
01/12/2023
Modified
09/03/2024

Description

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This security flaw occurs because the handler for the XIChangeProperty request has a length-validation issues, resulting in out-of-bounds memory reads and potential information disclosure. This issue can lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-icons
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-license
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-selinux
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server-applet
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server-minimal
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server-module
  • redhat-upgrade-tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland-debugsource

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