Upstream information

CVE-2017-12178 at MITRE

Description

xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 had wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy function allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 4.6
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low High
Authentication None Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High Low
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1063039 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.4-27.122.16.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-xorg-x11-server-13345
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • xorg-x11-server >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1884
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1884
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • xorg-x11-server >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1884
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1884
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • xorg-x11-Xvnc >= 7.4-27.122.16.1
  • xorg-x11-server >= 7.4-27.122.16.1
  • xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.4-27.122.16.1
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.4-27.122.16.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-xorg-x11-server-13345
slessp4-xorg-x11-server-13345
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • xorg-x11-server >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1884
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1884
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • xorg-x11-server >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1884
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1884
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
  • xorg-x11-server >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
  • xorg-x11-server-extra >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1884
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1884
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1884

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xorg-x11-server Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS xorg-x11-server Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xorg-x11-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xorg-x11-server Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xorg-x11-server Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 12 17:00:50 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 17:31:18 2024