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openSUSE Leap 15.4 Important: SUSE-SU-2023:4926-1 Memory Issue Fix

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Calendar Grey December 20, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for xwayland tackles a significant memory concern, bolstering system protection for users of openSUSE.
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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical patch memory issue openSUSE xwayland fix

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-2023-4926=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4926=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP4-2023-4926=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

* xwayland-devel-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

* xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

* xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 (x86_64)

* xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

* xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

* xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.26.1

References

* bsc#1217765

## References:

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4926-1
Rating: important

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