Security update for xorg-x11-server

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1861-1
Rating: important
References: #1035283
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
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    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

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