RHSA-2024:0617HighCVSS 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update

Published
January 31, 2024
Last Modified
August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2024-21885 →CVE-2024-21886 →CVE-2023-6816 →CVE-2024-0229 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-6816 — xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer CVE-2024-0229 — xorg-x11-server: reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access CVE-2024-21885 — xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent CVE-2024-21886 — xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice

🎯 Affected products51

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debugsource-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debugsource-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debugsource-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-debugsource-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-icons-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-icons-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-icons-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-license-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-license-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-license-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-server-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-server-applet-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)
  • tigervnc-server-applet-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

🔗 References (7)