CVE-2024-0409: Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption
First published: Wed Jan 10 2024(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/xorg-server | <21.1.11 | 21.1.11 |
| redhat/xwayland | <23.2.4 | 23.2.4 |
| Tigervnc Tigervnc | <1.13.1 | |
| X.org Xorg-server | <21.1.11 | |
| X.org Xwayland | <23.2.4 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =39 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =9.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| debian/xorg-server | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 2:21.1.14-2 2:21.1.15-2 | |
| debian/xwayland | <=2:22.1.9-1 | 2:24.1.4-2 |
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Reference Links
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257690
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2258978
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2258977
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-0409
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/2ef0f1116c65d5cb06d7b6d83f8a1aea702c94f7
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-0409
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0409
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0409
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0409
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