SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1 Rating: important References: #1035283 Cross-References: CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________
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 Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-xorg-x11-server-13206=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch slessp4-xorg-x11-server-13206=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-xorg-x11-server-13206=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch sleposp3-xorg-x11-server-13206=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xorg-x11-server-13206=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-xorg-x11-server-13206=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.121.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.121.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.121.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):
xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.121.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.4-27.121.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.4-27.121.2 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.4-27.121.2
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