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SUSE-SU-2023:4933-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2023-12-20 16:09 - Updated: 2026-09-20 15:35

Summary

Security update for xwayland

Severity

Important

Notes

Title of the patch: Security update for xwayland

Description of the patch: This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: - CVE-2023-6377: Fixed out-of-bounds memory write in XKB button actions (bsc#1217765).

Patchnames: SUSE-2023-4933,SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP5-2023-4933,openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4933

CVE-2023-6377

8.4 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Recommended 12 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.aarch64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-devel-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.aarch64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-devel-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.ppc64le	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-devel-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.s390x	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.5:xwayland-devel-0:22.1.5-150500.7.11.1.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact important

References

9 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/s…	self
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/…	self
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-upd…	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217765	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6377/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6377	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217765	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1221590	external

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CVE-2023-6377 (GCVE-0-2023-6377)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-13 06:27 – Updated: 2026-06-23 17:19

Title

Xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory reads/writes in xkb button actions

Summary

A flaw was found in xorg-server. Querying or changing XKB button actions such as moving from a touchpad to a mouse can result in out-of-bounds memory reads and writes. This may allow local privilege escalation or possible remote code execution in cases where X11 forwarding is involved.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2023-12-13 15:25 UTC

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

29 references

URL	Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0006	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024012…	x_transferred
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5576	x_transferred

Impacted products

20 products

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Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION	Unaffected: 0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.14 , < * (rpm) cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Unaffected: 0:1.8.0-28.el7_9 , < * (rpm) cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Unaffected: 0:1.20.4-25.el7_9 , < * (rpm) cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Unaffected: 0:1.13.1-2.el8_9.4 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Unaffected: 0:1.20.11-22.el8 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Unaffected: 0:21.1.3-15.el8 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support	Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service	Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions	Unaffected: 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.6 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support	Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service	Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions	Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.5 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support	Unaffected: 0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.6 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support	Unaffected: 0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.4 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Unaffected: 0:1.13.1-3.el9_3.3 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Unaffected: 0:1.20.11-24.el9 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Unaffected: 0:22.1.9-5.el9 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support	Unaffected: 0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.5 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support	Unaffected: 0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.2 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Date Public

2023-12-13 00:00

Credits

This issue was discovered by Peter Hutterer (Red Hat).

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