SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2017:1859-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1035283 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972
Affected Products:
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

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

   - CVE-2017-10971: Fix endianess handling of GenericEvent to prevent a
     stack overflow by clients. (bnc#1035283)
   - Make sure the type of all events to be sent by ProcXSendExtensionEvent
     are in the allowed range.
   - CVE-2017-10972: Initialize the xEvent eventT with zeros to avoid
     information leakage.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1149=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1149=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1149=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10971.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10972.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035283

SuSE: 2017:1859-1: important: xorg-x11-server

July 14, 2017
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-server provides the following fixes: - CVE-2017-10971: Fix endianess handling of GenericEvent to prevent a stack overflow by clients. (bnc#1035283) - Make sure the type of all events to be sent by ProcXSendExtensionEvent are in the allowed range. - CVE-2017-10972: Initialize the xEvent eventT with zeros to avoid information leakage. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1149=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1149=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1149=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64): xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64): xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64): xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.15.2-53.3.1

References

#1035283

Cross- CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10971.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10972.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035283

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1859-1
Rating: important

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