Use After Free Affecting xorg-x11-server-common package, versions <0:1.20.11-15.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.9% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-XORGX11SERVERCOMMON-5541965
  • published7 Feb 2023
  • disclosed7 Feb 2023

Introduced: 7 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-0494  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 xorg-x11-server-common to version 0:1.20.11-15.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2806.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server-common package and not the xorg-x11-server-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in X.Org. This issue occurs due to a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses that can be exploited by ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() to read and write into freed memory. This can lead to local privilege elevation on systems where the X server runs privileged and remote code execution for ssh X forwarding sessions.

CVSS Base Scores

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