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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:4070-1 critical xorg-x11-server privilege flaw

opensuse
Calendar Grey December 14, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial security patch released for openSUSE's xorg-x11-server tackling a privilege escalation vulnerability.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

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

- CVE-2021-4008: Fixed Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via

Out-Of-Bounds Access in SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs (bsc#1193030).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation xorg-x11-server openSUSE patch instructions CVE-2021-4008

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-15.3-2021-4070=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-source-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-wayland-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

xorg-x11-server-wayland-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.39.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4008.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193030

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:4070-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation xorg-x11-server openSUSE patch instructions CVE-2021-4008

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