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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:1897-1 Important: libX11 Segfault Issue

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical patch released addressing libX11 security flaw on openSUSE Leap 15.3. Key implementation specifics outlined.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libX11 fixes the following issues:

- Regression in the fix for CVE-2021-31535, causing segfaults for xforms

applications like fdesign (bsc#1186643)

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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1897=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libX11-6-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-6-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-debugsource-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-devel-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-xcb1-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-xcb1-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

libX11-data-1.6.5-3.21.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libX11-6-32bit-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-6-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-devel-32bit-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-xcb1-32bit-1.6.5-3.21.1

libX11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31535.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186643

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1897-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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