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openSUSE: 2025:0984-1 moderate: xorg-x11-server Advisory Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
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Ensure system stability with the latest openSUSE update for xorg-x11-server, addressing critical issues effectively.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

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

* CVE-2022-49737: Fixed Xorg crashing when client applications use easystroke

for mouse gestures (bsc#1239750)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow xorg server openSUSE

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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-984=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-984=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-984=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-984=1

Package List

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-debugsource-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-sdk-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-debugsource-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-sdk-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-debugsource-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

* xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-21.1.11-150600.5.9.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1239750

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49737.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239750

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0984-1
Release Date: 2025-03-21T17:44:55Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow xorg server openSUSE

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