Vulnerability CVE-2023-0494: Information
Description
A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.
Severity: HIGH (7.8) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
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xorg-server | sisyphus | 21.1.7-alt1 | 21.1.13-alt1 | ALT-PU-2023-1188-1 | 314788 | Fixed |
xorg-server | sisyphus_e2k | 1.20.14-alt8.E2K.1 | 21.1.3-alt1.E2K.1 | ALT-PU-2023-3913-1 | - | Fixed |
xorg-server | sisyphus_riscv64 | 21.1.7-alt1 | 21.1.13-alt1 | ALT-PU-2023-2464-1 | - | Fixed |
xorg-server | p10 | 1.20.14-alt7 | 1.20.14-alt13 | ALT-PU-2023-1254-1 | 314787 | Fixed |
xorg-server | p10_e2k | 1.20.14-alt8.E2K.2 | 1.20.14-alt13.E2K.1 | ALT-PU-2023-6819-1 | - | Fixed |
xorg-server | p9 | 1.20.8-alt10 | 1.20.8-alt12 | ALT-PU-2023-7278-2 | 334512 | Fixed |
xorg-server | c10f1 | 1.20.14-alt7 | 1.20.14-alt12 | ALT-PU-2023-1254-1 | 314787 | Fixed |
xorg-server | c9f2 | 1.20.8-alt12 | 1.20.8-alt12 | ALT-PU-2024-3261-2 | 341756 | Fixed |
xorg-server | p11 | 21.1.7-alt1 | 21.1.13-alt1 | ALT-PU-2023-1188-1 | 314788 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
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https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/0ba6d8c37071131a49790243cdac55392ecf71ec |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165995 |
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https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-February/003320.html |
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GLSA-202305-30 |