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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting xorg-server package, versions <21.1.10-r0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-XORGSERVER-7015348
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 13 Dec 2023
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Introduced: 13 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6478 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 xorg-server to version 21.1.10-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in xorg-server. A specially crafted request to RRChangeProviderProperty or RRChangeOutputProperty can trigger an integer overflow which may lead to a disclosure of sensitive information.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

7.6 high
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Red Hat

7.6 high