Vulnerability CVE-2023-6377: Information

Description

A flaw was found in xorg-server. Querying or changing XKB button actions such as moving from a touchpad to a mouse can result in out-of-bounds memory reads and writes. This may allow local privilege escalation or possible remote code execution in cases where X11 forwarding is involved.

Severity: HIGH (7.8) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published: Dec. 13, 2023
Modified: April 30, 2024
Error type identifier: CWE-125

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
xorg-serverp101.20.14-alt101.20.14-alt12ALT-PU-2023-8034-2336398Fixed
xorg-serverp91.20.8-alt111.20.8-alt12ALT-PU-2023-8033-2336399Fixed
xorg-serverc10f11.20.14-alt111.20.14-alt12ALT-PU-2024-4743-2343922Fixed
xorg-serverc9f21.20.8-alt121.20.8-alt12ALT-PU-2024-3261-2341756Fixed
xorg-xwaylandp1023.1.1-alt323.1.1-alt5ALT-PU-2023-8035-2336398Fixed
xorg-xwaylandc10f123.1.1-alt423.1.1-alt5ALT-PU-2024-4745-2343922Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 3

      cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 4

      cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 5

      cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*