CVE-2024-0409
Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 71% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (13)
- RHSA-2024:0320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2995 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2996 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2257690 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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