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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884253
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for xorg-x11-server-common (CESA-2022:8491)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-x11-server-common'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:8491 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'xorg-x11-server-common'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:8491 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides
the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user
interfaces are designed upon.

Security Fix(es):

* xorg-x11-server: buffer overflow in _GetCountedString() in xkb/xkb.c
(CVE-2022-3550)

* 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.

Affected Software/OS:
'xorg-x11-server-common' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-3550
Debian Security Information: DSA-5278 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5278
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOEDFBYPSE3EMVHTEFCVEJD2R2Y5F2A5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7W3NXSYK4P3XCZQBI3U6UWP4DPZIMRZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXZZ6JBDBVBYPDI6DUTY6N36GNW37YHK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3QTPFVGYTOY4EWTJEBH3YGDTTU57FZAK/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-30
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=11beef0b7f1ed290348e45618e5fa0d2bffcb72e
https://vuldb.com/?id.211051
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00012.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-3551
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=18f91b950e22c2a342a4fbc55e9ddf7534a707d2
https://vuldb.com/?id.211052
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