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