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openSUSE 15.5: 2023:4788-1 Important: Xwayland Memory Threat Fix

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Calendar Grey December 13, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The recent update for xwayland tackles significant security gaps in openSUSE, improving both system safety and reliability.
This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-6377: Fixed Out-of-bounds memory write in XKB button actions(bsc#1217765).

Description

This update for xwayland fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-6377: Fixed Out-of-bounds memory write in XKB button

actions(bsc#1217765).

* CVE-2023-6478: Fixed Out-of-bounds memory read in RRChangeOutputProperty and

RRChangeProviderProperty (bsc#1217766).

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update critical issues important fix openSUSE Xwayland memory threat

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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4788=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4788=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP5-2023-4788=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xwayland-debuginfo-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

* xwayland-debugsource-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

* xwayland-devel-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

* xwayland-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 (x86_64)

* xwayland-debuginfo-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

* xwayland-debugsource-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

* xwayland-22.1.5-150500.7.8.1

References

* bsc#1217765

* bsc#1217766

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6377.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6478.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217765

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217766

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4788-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update critical issues important fix openSUSE Xwayland memory threat

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