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Red Hat: CVE-2024-0409: xorg-x11-server: SELinux context corruption (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-0409: xorg-x11-server: SELinux context corruption (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/18/2024
Created
01/30/2024
Added
01/29/2024
Modified
05/01/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland-debugsource

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