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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1594-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1594-01 - Virtual Network Computing is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients. X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon. Issues addressed include privilege escalation and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: tigervnc and xorg-x11-server security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1594-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1594
Issue date: 2023-04-04
CVE Names: CVE-2023-1393
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  1. Summary:

An update for tigervnc and xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

  1. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

  1. Description:

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows
users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where
it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of
machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients.

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides
the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user
interfaces are designed upon.

Security Fix(es):

  • xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local
    Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2023-1393)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

  1. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

  1. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2180288 - CVE-2023-1393 xorg-x11-server: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

  1. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):

Source:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.src.rpm
xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-23.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
tigervnc-icons-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
tigervnc-license-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
tigervnc-server-applet-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-23.el7_9.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):

Source:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
tigervnc-license-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

Source:
xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-23.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
tigervnc-icons-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
tigervnc-server-applet-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-23.el7_9.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.src.rpm
xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-23.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
tigervnc-icons-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
tigervnc-license-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm

ppc64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
tigervnc-server-applet-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-23.el7_9.noarch.rpm

ppc64:
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-25.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.src.rpm
xorg-x11-server-1.20.4-23.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
tigervnc-icons-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
tigervnc-license-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-minimal-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
tigervnc-server-applet-1.8.0-25.el7_9.noarch.rpm
xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.4-23.el7_9.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tigervnc-debuginfo-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
tigervnc-server-module-1.8.0-25.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.20.4-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

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  1. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1393
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

  1. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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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.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5986-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 5986-1 - Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause the X Server to crash, execute arbitrary code, or escalate privileges.

Debian Security Advisory 5380-1

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5380-1 - Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that a user-after-free flaw in the Composite extension of the X.org X server may result in privilege escalation if the X server is running under the root user.

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