Security update for xorg-x11
SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11
This update fixes a stack buffer overflow in xorg-x11 in
the bdfReadCharacters() function. CVE-2013-6462 has been
assigned to this issue.
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-6462
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0219-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #854915 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update fixes a stack buffer overflow in xorg-x11 in
the bdfReadCharacters() function. CVE-2013-6462 has been
assigned to this issue.
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-6462
Indications:
Everybody should update.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xorg-x11-devel-8724 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp2-xorg-x11-devel-8723 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-xorg-x11-devel-8724 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-xorg-x11-devel-8724 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-xorg-x11-devel-8723 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-xorg-x11-devel-8723 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xorg-x11-devel-8724 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xorg-x11-devel-8723
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-devel-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-devel-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-devel-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-devel-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
- xorg-x11-libs-x86-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
- xorg-x11-libs-x86-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- xorg-x11-devel-7.4-8.26.40.1
- xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.26.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- xorg-x11-libs-32bit-7.4-8.26.40.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6462.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/854915
- http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1ff35d4bbf8880a39d867599a6b0b8fb
- http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=57bfa9f3b036a1a91c294e0ed79be8e4