Security update for xwayland

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0165-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-6816 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6816 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0229 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0408 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2024-0408 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0409 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2024-0409 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-21885 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-21886 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xwayland fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-6816: Fixed heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer (bsc#1218582)
  • CVE-2024-0229: Fixed reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access (bsc#1218583)
  • CVE-2024-0408: Fixed SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer. (bsc#1218845)
  • CVE-2024-0409: Fixed SELinux context corruption. (bsc#1218846)
  • CVE-2024-21885: Fixed heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent (bsc#1218584)
  • CVE-2024-21886: Fixed heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice (bsc#1218585)

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-165=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLED-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-165=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1
    • xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1
    • xwayland-devel-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1
    • xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1
    • xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1
    • xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.31.1

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