CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-9632

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Published: Oct 30, 2024 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A flaw was found in the X.org server. Due to improperly tracked allocation size in _XkbSetCompatMap, a local attacker may be able to trigger a buffer overflow condition via a specially crafted payload, leading to denial of service or local privilege escalation in distributions where the X.org server is run with root privileges.

Weakness

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.8.0-34.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-25.el8_10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-17.el8_10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat tigervnc-0:1.13.1-14.el8_10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.12 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.11 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.11 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.11 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.12 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.12 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.12 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.11 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat tigervnc-0:1.14.1-1.el9_5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat tigervnc-0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.12 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support RedHat tigervnc-0:1.13.1-8.el9_4.4 *
Xorg-server Ubuntu devel *
Xorg-server Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Xorg-server Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Xorg-server Ubuntu focal *
Xorg-server Ubuntu jammy *
Xorg-server Ubuntu noble *
Xorg-server Ubuntu oracular *
Xorg-server Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Xorg-server Ubuntu upstream *
Xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Xorg-server-hwe-18.04 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Xwayland Ubuntu devel *
Xwayland Ubuntu jammy *
Xwayland Ubuntu noble *
Xwayland Ubuntu oracular *
Xwayland Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

  • Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index checking.
  • D3-SFCV (Stack Frame Canary Validation) from D3FEND [REF-1334] discusses canary-based detection in detail.
  • Run or compile the software using features or extensions that randomly arrange the positions of a program’s executable and libraries in memory. Because this makes the addresses unpredictable, it can prevent an attacker from reliably jumping to exploitable code.
  • Examples include Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) [REF-58] [REF-60] and Position-Independent Executables (PIE) [REF-64]. Imported modules may be similarly realigned if their default memory addresses conflict with other modules, in a process known as “rebasing” (for Windows) and “prelinking” (for Linux) [REF-1332] using randomly generated addresses. ASLR for libraries cannot be used in conjunction with prelink since it would require relocating the libraries at run-time, defeating the whole purpose of prelinking.
  • For more information on these techniques see D3-SAOR (Segment Address Offset Randomization) from D3FEND [REF-1335].

References