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CVE-2023-6478

Published: 13 December 2023

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
xorg server is actually the xorg-server package
the xorg package only contains docs
xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server
similar to CVE-2022-46344 but for other requests

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xorg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
lunar Not vulnerable
(code not present)
mantic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xorg-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xorg-hwe-18.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.15+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.12)
jammy
Released (2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.5)
lunar
Released (2:21.1.7-1ubuntu3.4)
mantic
Released (2:21.1.7-3ubuntu2.4)
trusty
Released (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.11+esm9)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (21.1.10)
xenial
Released (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm8)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xorg-server-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

xorg-server-hwe-18.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

xwayland
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy
Released (2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.9)
lunar
Released (2:22.1.8-1ubuntu1.3)
mantic
Released (2:23.2.0-1ubuntu0.3)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (23.2.3)
xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N