SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1861-1 Rating: important References: #1035283 Cross-References: CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-10971: Fix endianess handling of GenericEvent to prevent a stack overflow by clients. (bnc#1035283) - Make sure the type of all events to be sent by ProcXSendExtensionEvent are in the allowed range. - CVE-2017-10972: Initialize the xEvent eventT with zeros to avoid information leakage.
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 Server for SAP 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1150=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1150=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-30.22.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10971.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10972.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035283