openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libX11
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2018:3012-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1102062 #1102068 #1102073 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-14598 CVE-2018-14599 CVE-2018-14600
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.0
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for libX11 fixes the following security issues:

   - CVE-2018-14599: The function XListExtensions was vulnerable to an
     off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or
     possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1102062)
   - CVE-2018-14600: The function XListExtensions interpreted a variable as
     signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up
     to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution (bsc#1102068)
   - CVE-2018-14598: A malicious server could have sent a reply in which the
     first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will
     be freed later
     on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault) (bsc#1102073)

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.0:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1107=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

      libX11-6-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-6-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-debugsource-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-devel-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-xcb1-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-xcb1-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1

   - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

      libX11-6-32bit-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-6-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-devel-32bit-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-xcb1-32bit-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1
      libX11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1

   - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

      libX11-data-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14598.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14599.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14600.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102062
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102068
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102073

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openSUSE: 2018:3012-1: moderate: libX11

October 5, 2018
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for libX11 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-14599: The function XListExtensions was vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1102062) - CVE-2018-14600: The function XListExtensions interpreted a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution (bsc#1102068) - CVE-2018-14598: A malicious server could have sent a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault) (bsc#1102073) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.0: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1107=1


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64): libX11-6-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-6-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-debugsource-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-devel-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-xcb1-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-xcb1-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64): libX11-6-32bit-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-6-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-devel-32bit-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-xcb1-32bit-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 libX11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1 - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch): libX11-data-1.6.5-lp150.2.3.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14598.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14599.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14600.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102062 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102068 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102073--


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3012-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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