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.
2024-01-18T16:15:08.593
2024-11-21T08:46:31.373
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | tigervnc | tigervnc | < 1.13.1 | Yes |
Application | x.org | xorg-server | < 21.1.11 | Yes |
Application | x.org | xwayland | < 23.2.4 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 39 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | Yes |