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openSUSE 15.4: SUSE-SU-2023:4293-1 Important: Xwayland Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest xwayland patch addresses critical security vulnerabilities, notably privilege escalation and memory safety concerns, specifically for openSUSE users.
This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-5574: Fixed a privilege escalation issue that could be triggered via the Damage extension protocol (bsc#1216261).

Description

This update for xwayland fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-5574: Fixed a privilege escalation issue that could be triggered

via the Damage extension protocol (bsc#1216261).

* CVE-2023-5367: Fixed a memory safety issue in both the XI2 and RandR

protocols (bsc#1216135).

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important memory safety openSUSE xwayland

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4293=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4293=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP4-2023-4293=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

* xwayland-devel-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

* xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

* xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 (x86_64)

* xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

* xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

* xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.20.1

References

* bsc#1216135

* bsc#1216261

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5367.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5574.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216135

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216261

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4293-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important memory safety openSUSE xwayland

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