Security update for xorg-x11-server
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2017:1861-1 |
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| Rating: | important |
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description:
This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-10971: Fix endianess handling of GenericEvent to prevent a stack overflow by clients. (bnc#1035283)
- Make sure the type of all events to be sent by ProcXSendExtensionEvent are in the allowed range.
- CVE-2017-10972: Initialize the xEvent eventT with zeros to avoid information leakage.
Special Instructions and Notes:
- Please log out and log in again after installing this update.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1150=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1150=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
- xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1