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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-49737: Medium priority package update for xorg-x11-server

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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-49737: Medium priority package update for xorg-x11-server

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
03/16/2025
Created
04/16/2025
Added
04/15/2025
Modified
04/15/2025

Description

In X.Org X server 20.11 through 21.1.16, when a client application uses easystroke for mouse gestures, the main thread modifies various data structures used by the input thread without acquiring a lock, aka a race condition. In particular, AttachDevice in dix/devices.c does not acquire an input lock.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debugsource
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb-debuginfo

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