openSUSE Leap 15.1: 2020:2186-1 Critical: xorg-x11-server Memory Corruption
opensuse
December 7, 2020
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Description
This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-25712: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow which could have led
to privilege escalation (bsc#1177596).
- CVE-2020-14360: Fixed an out of bounds memory accesses on too short
request which could lead to denial of service (bsc#1174908).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1: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 15.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2186=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):
xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-wayland-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
xorg-x11-server-wayland-debuginfo-1.20.3-lp151.4.9.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14360.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25712.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174908
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177596
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2186-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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