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openSUSE Leap 15.2 Critical: xorg-x11-server Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for xorg-x11-server on openSUSE addresses CVE-2021-3472 elevation of privileges. Prompt installation recommended.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-3472: XChangeFeedbackControl Integer Underflow Privilege

Escalation (bsc#1180128)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2: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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-554=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-wayland-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

xorg-x11-server-wayland-debuginfo-1.20.3-lp152.8.21.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3472.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180128

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0554-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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