CVE-2021-3472

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3472
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-26 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in xorg-x11-server in versions before 1.20.11. An integer underflow can occur in xserver which can lead to a local privilege escalation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-191

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application X.org X Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZDI-21-463 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.20.11-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2627-1] xorg-server security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.20.11-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.20.11-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
X.Org X Server: Privilege escalation (GLSA 202104-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1944167 – (CVE-2021-3472) CVE-2021-3472 xorg-x11-server: XChangeFeedbackControl integer underflow leads to privilege escalation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.20.11-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - X.Org server security advisory: April 13, 2021 MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-21.1.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian DLA-2627-1 : xorg-server security update MISC www.tenable.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4893-1 xorg-server DEBIAN www.debian.org
Fix XChangeFeedbackControl() request underflow (7aaf54a1) · Commits · xorg / xserver · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-21.1.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.20.11-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: xorg-x11-server-1.20.11-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
X.Org server security advisory: April 13, 2021 MISC lists.x.org
oss-sec: X.Org server security advisory: April 13, 2021 MISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159182 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (ELSA-2021-2033)
  • 174898 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2021:1179-1)
  • 174900 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2021:1181-1)
  • 174901 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2021:1180-1)
  • 174902 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2021:1182-1)
  • 174910 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2021:1188-1)
  • 174915 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2021:1187-1)
  • 178544 Debian Security Update for xorg-server (DLA 2627-1)
  • 178557 Debian Security Update for xorg-server (DSA 4893-1)
  • 179585 Debian Security Update for xorg-server (CVE-2021-3472)
  • 198321 Ubuntu Security Notification for X.Org X Server vulnerability (USN-4905-1)
  • 239277 Red Hat Update for xorg-x11-server (RHSA-2021:2033)
  • 257085 CentOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (CESA-2021:2033)
  • 281310 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2021-f7b4c97879)
  • 281311 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2021-139f3fc21c)
  • 281312 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2021-112d542766)
  • 281313 Fedora Security Update for xorg (FEDORA-2021-0e2981e013)
  • 296053 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 35.94.4 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 352281 Amazon Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server: ALAS2-2021-1633
  • 352307 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for xorg-x11-server: ALAS-2021-1502
  • 352822 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for xorg-x11-server: AL2012-2021-346
  • 377222 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for xorg-x11-server (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0030)
  • 500823 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 501944 Alpine Linux Security Update for xorg-server
  • 501946 Alpine Linux Security Update for xwayland
  • 670212 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-1863)
  • 670408 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-1991)
  • 670476 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-2234)
  • 670682 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-2440)
  • 670786 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-2544)
  • 670810 EulerOS Security Update for xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2021-2568)
  • 710012 Gentoo Linux X.Org X Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 202104-02)
  • 730155 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities(WP-3580, WP-3656, WP-3815, WP-3878, WP-3882, WP-3934,WP-3935, WP-3936, WP-3999)
  • 750266 OpenSUSE Security Update for xorg-x11-server (openSUSE-SU-2021:0554-1)
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