Use After Free Affecting xorg-x11-server-devel package, versions <0:1.20.4-23.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-XORGX11SERVERDEVEL-5328691
  • published30 Mar 2023
  • disclosed29 Mar 2023

Introduced: 29 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-1393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 xorg-x11-server-devel to version 0:1.20.4-23.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:1594.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-devel package and not the xorg-x11-server-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in X.Org Server Overlay Window. A Use-After-Free may lead to local privilege escalation. If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window (aka COW), the Xserver would leave a dangling pointer to that window in the CompScreen structure, which will trigger a use-after-free later.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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