Amazon Linux 1 (EOL) Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-519
Advisory Released Date: 2015-05-05
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-05-05
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way the X.Org server handled XkbGetGeometry requests. A malicious, authorized client could use this flaw to disclose portions of the X.Org server memory, or cause the X.Org server to crash using a specially crafted XkbGetGeometry request. (CVE-2015-0255)
Affected Packages:
xorg-x11-server
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xorg-x11-server to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.i686
noarch:
xorg-x11-server-source-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.noarch
src:
xorg-x11-server-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.src
x86_64:
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-common-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.15.0-26.41.amzn1.x86_64