CVE-2024-0409
Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.8
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.36 % · percentile 29 (2026-10-28)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-16204
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-0409
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 1.13.1cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 21.1.11cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 23.2.4cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| xorg-server | affected 21.1.0 < 21.1.11 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unaffected 0:1.20.4-27.el7_9 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:1.20.11-22.el8 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:21.1.3-15.el8 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:1.20.11-24.el9 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:22.1.9-5.el9 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
References
- 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/
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |