7.8High

CVE-2024-0409Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption

xorg-server; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Published: (2 years ago)

Description

A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The cursor code in both Xephyr and Xwayland uses the wrong type of private at creation. It uses the cursor bits type with the cursor as private, and when initiating the cursor, that overwrites the XSELINUX context.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-787

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (15)

  • cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 1.13.1
  • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 21.1.11
  • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 23.2.4
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*