CVE-2024-0409
Xorg-x11-server: selinux context corruption
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-787 |
| Published | Jan 18, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Nov 20, 2025 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
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
Affected Versions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected References
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0320 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0409 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257690 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00016.html lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5J4H7CH565ALSZZYKOJFYDA5KFLG6NUK/ lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EJBMCWQ54R6ZL3MYU2D2JBW6JMZL7BQW/ lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IZ75X54CN4IFYMIV7OK3JVZ57FHQIGIC/ security.gentoo.org: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30 security.netapp.com: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0006/
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Olivier Fourdan for reporting this issue.