CVE-2023-6478
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| x.org / x_server | - | 21.1.10 |
| x.org / xwayland | - | 23.2.3 |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_eus | 9.2 | 9.2.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 10.0 | 10.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 11.0 | 11.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 12.0 | 12.0.x |
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7886
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0006
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0009
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0014
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0015
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0016
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0017
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2996
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12751
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6478
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253298
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/14f480010a93ff962fef66a16412fafff81ad632
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6R63Z6GIWM3YUNZRCGFODUXLW3GY2HD6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7PP47YXKM5ETLCYEF6473R3VFCJ6QT2S/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFHV5KCQ2SVOD4QMCPZ5HC6YL44L7YJD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LJDFWDB7EQVZA45XDP7L5WRSRWS6RVRR/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-December/003435.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0003/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576
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