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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2018-3059 Low: X.org Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical releases update for Wayland security patches, outlining feature improvements and marking critical vulnerability level.
Updated X.org server and driver packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.
Security Fix(es):
* libxcursor: 1-byte heap-based overflow in _XcursorThemeInherits function in library.c (CVE-2015-9262)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix low severity X.org X11 CVE-2015-9262

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9262 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.6_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libX11-1.6.5-2.el7.src.rpm libXcursor-1.1.15-1.el7.src.rpm libXfont-1.5.4-1.el7.src.rpm libXfont2-2.0.3-1.el7.src.rpm libXres-1.2.0-1.el7.src.rpm libdrm-2.4.91-3.el7.src.rpm libepoxy-1.5.2-1.el7.src.rpm libglvnd-1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7.src.rpm libinput-1.10.7-2.el7.src.rpm libwacom-0.30-1.el7.src.rpm libxcb-1.13-1.el7.src.rpm mesa-18.0.5-3.el7.src.rpm mesa-demos-8.3.0-10.el7.src.rpm tigervnc-1.8.0-13.el7.src.rpm xkeyboard-config-2.24-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-ati-18.0.1-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.7-1.el7.1.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.10.6-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.5.0-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-28.20180530.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-libinput-0.27.1-2.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.9.2-2.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.15-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.5.0-3.el7.1.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.5-4.el7.1.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.9.0-2.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.2.0-49.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.4.0-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-13.1.0-1.el7.1.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-vmware-13.2.1-1.el7.1.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-void-1.4.1-2.el7.1.src.rpm xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.36.1-1.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-21.el7.src.rpm xorg-x11-proto-devel-2018.4-1.el7.src.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3059-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059
Issue date: 2018-10-30

Topic

Updated X.org server and driver packages are now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix low severity X.org X11 CVE-2015-9262

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1259757 - unable to log out from vnc session

1428340 - Xorg killed by SIGABRT after resize of VM display when multiple PCI device in use

1496253 - Spice/QXL cannot support gnome3 with multi-monitors as it requires hardware acceleration

1538756 - [abrt] xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: Xwayland killed by SIGABRT

1564061 - Rebuild tigervnc against Xorg 1.20

1566101 - epoxy_glx_version & friends crash without GLX and hinder gtk3 startup

1570839 - Segmentation fault in AnimCurCancelTimer with latest Xorg

1584740 - libglvnd-1.0.1-0.6.git5baa1e5.el7 build is conflicting with mesa-17.2.3-8.20171019.el7

1592607 - Unresolved symbol in the xorg-x11-drv-mouse driver

1601742 - [XIT] double-free corruption in PanoramiXCreateConnectionBlock

1601880 - missing parameters in man page of Xvnc

1601960 - undefined symbol: LoaderGetOS

1602855 - gray screen and high cpu usage with vncviewer in fullscreen mode

1605325 - vncviewer holds focus of whole screen after exiting fullscreen mode

1611599 - CVE-2015-9262 libxcursor: 1-byte heap-based overflow in _XcursorThemeInherits function in library.c

1613264 - wrong colours of VNC desktop via vncviewer on ppc64

1631880 - Xorg defaults to clone mode if the monitor cable/connector can't handle the preferred mode

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