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openSUSE: xorg-x11-server Important Buffer Overflow Issues 2025:3866-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey October 30, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for openSUSE improving xorg-x11-server security by addressing critical vulnerabilities effectively.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

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

* Fixed use-after-free in XPresentNotify structures creation (CVE-2025-62229,

bsc#1251958)

* Fixed use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal (CVE-2025-62230,

bsc#1251959)

* Fixed value overflow in Xkb extension XkbSetCompatMap() (CVE-2025-62231,

bsc#1251960)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow important Xorg X11 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3866=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3866=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3866=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3866=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3866=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-sdk-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-debugsource-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfo-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-source-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_64)

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-sdk-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-debugsource-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-debuginfo-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.43.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_6...

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References

* bsc#1251958

* bsc#1251959

* bsc#1251960

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62229.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62230.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62231.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251958

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251959

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251960

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3866-1
Release Date: 2025-10-30T13:40:41Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow important Xorg X11 Server OpenSUSE

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