SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1860-1
Rating: important
References: #1035283
Cross-References: CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for xorg-x11-server provides the following fixes:

– 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 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1148=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1148=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1148=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1148=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.6_1.18.3-74.2

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):

xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):

xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.18.3-74.2
xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-74.2

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

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