RHSA-2024:2996MediumCVSS 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

Published
May 22, 2024
Last Modified
August 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (9)

CVE-2023-5367 →CVE-2023-6377 →CVE-2023-6816 →CVE-2024-0408 →CVE-2024-0409 →CVE-2024-21885 →CVE-2024-21886 →CVE-2023-6478 →CVE-2024-0229 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-5367 — xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write in XIChangeDeviceProperty/RRChangeOutputProperty CVE-2023-6377 — xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory reads/writes in XKB button actions CVE-2023-6478 — xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory read in RRChangeOutputProperty and RRChangeProviderProperty 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-2024-0408 — xorg-x11-server: SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer CVE-2024-0409 — xorg-x11-server: SELinux context corruption CVE-2024-21885 — xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent CVE-2024-21886 — xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice

🎯 Affected products14

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-15.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-15.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-15.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-15.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-15.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfo-0:21.1.3-15.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfo-0:21.1.3-15.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfo-0:21.1.3-15.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debuginfo-0:21.1.3-15.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsource-0:21.1.3-15.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsource-0:21.1.3-15.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsource-0:21.1.3-15.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-debugsource-0:21.1.3-15.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)

✅ 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 (13)