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CVE-2024-0409

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CVE-2024-0409

Published: Jan 18, 2024

Modified: Nov 20, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Unknown

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

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

RHSA-2024:0320
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2024:2169
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2024:2170
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2024:2995
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2024:2996
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2257690
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT

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