RHSA-2024:0629HighCVSS 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update

Published
January 31, 2024
Last Modified
August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

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

📋 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 products59

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-debuginfo-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • tigervnc-icons-0:1.8.0-31.el7_9.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
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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)