Security update for xorg-x11-server

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14463-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-14345 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-14345 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-14347 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-14347 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-14347: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to clients on pixmap allocation (bsc#1174633, ZDI-CAN-11426).
  • CVE-2020-14345: XKB out-of-bounds access privilege escalation vulnerability (bsc#1174635, ZDI-CAN-11428).

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-xorg-x11-server-14463=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-xorg-x11-server-14463=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-xorg-x11-server-14463=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.122.26.1
    • xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.122.26.1
    • xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.122.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.122.26.1
    • xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.122.26.1
    • xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.122.26.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.122.26.1
    • xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.122.26.1
    • xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.122.26.1

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