CVE-2021-4008
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
Moderate: xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 21.1.4-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:1.20.13-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:1.20.13-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:1.20.13-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:1.20.13-3 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4008.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:1917
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4008
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1917
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2026059
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2026072
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2026073
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2026074
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-1917.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.