openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2020:2186-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1174908 #1177596 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-14360 CVE-2020-25712
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.1
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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-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 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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openSUSE: 2020:2186-1 important: xorg-x11-server

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/1177596openSUSE Security Announce mailing list -- security-announce@lists.opensuse.orgTo unsubscribe, email security-announce-leave@lists.opensuse.orgList Netiquette: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquetteList Archives: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2186-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 .

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