CVE-2023-5380

NameCVE-2023-5380
DescriptionA use-after-free flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. An X server crash may occur in a very specific and legacy configuration (a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode) if the pointer is warped from within a window on one screen to the root window of the other screen and if the original window is destroyed followed by another window being destroyed.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3631-1, DSA-5534-1, ELA-990-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xorg-server (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17fixed
stretch (security)2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15fixed
buster (security)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14fixed
bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13fixed
bullseye (security)2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8fixed
trixie2:21.1.14-2fixed
sid2:21.1.15-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xorg-serversourcejessie2:1.16.4-1+deb8u12ELA-990-1
xorg-serversourcestretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u15ELA-990-1
xorg-serversourcebuster2:1.20.4-1+deb10u10DLA-3631-1
xorg-serversourcebullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u8DSA-5534-1
xorg-serversourcebookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u2DSA-5534-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:21.1.9-1

Notes

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/564ccf2ce9616620456102727acb8b0256b7bbd7

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