Security update for xorg-x11-libXext

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-libXext
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0883-1
Rating: moderate
References: #815451 #821665
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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    An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    This is a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS roll up update of
    xorg-x11-libXext, fixing a security issue.

    These issues require connection to a malicious X server to trigger the
    bugs in client libraries.

    Security issue fixed:

    * CVE-2013-1982: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext allowed X
    servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer
    overflow via vectors related to the (1)
    XcupGetReservedColormapEntries, (2) XcupStoreColors, (3)
    XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6)
    XSyncListSystemCounters functions.

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2013-1982

    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 11 SP1 LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-xorg-x11-libXext-9385

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
      • xorg-x11-libXext-7.4-1.18.16
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
      • xorg-x11-libXext-32bit-7.4-1.18.16

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1982.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/815451
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/821665
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d7876a977cfa0f3bc65f2617be7e9844