Security update for libX11

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0739-1
Release Date: 2025-02-28T10:09:50Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-26597 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-26597 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-26597 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libX11 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-26597: improper resizing of key actions when nGroups is 0 can lead to buffer overflows in XkbChangeTypesOfKey() (bsc#1237431).

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 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-739=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-739=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-739=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libX11-xcb1-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-debugsource-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-devel-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
    • libX11-6-32bit-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-32bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-devel-32bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-32bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • libX11-data-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libX11-6-64bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-64bit-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-devel-64bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-64bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-64bit-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libX11-xcb1-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-debugsource-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-devel-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
    • libX11-data-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
    • libX11-6-32bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-32bit-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1
    • libX11-6-32bit-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.3.1

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