Riskcovery

CVE-2024-0409

Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jan 18, 2024
Updated
Nov 20, 2025
Reserved
Jan 10, 2024

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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

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xorg-server
  • 21.1.0 to before 21.1.11Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
  • 0:1.20.4-27.el7_9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:1.20.11-22.el8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:21.1.3-15.el8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:1.20.11-24.el9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:22.1.9-5.el9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
          Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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