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SUSE: 2018:2934-1 Moderate: xorg-x11-libX11 Denial of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2018
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The SUSE Security Update addresses multiple vulnerabilities in xorg-x11-libX11. Ensure your systems are protected with the newest updates.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-libX11 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-14599: The function XListExtensions was vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1102062) - CVE-2018-14600: The function XListExtensions interpreted a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution (bsc#1102068) - CVE-2018-14598: A malicious server could have sent a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault) (bsc#1102073) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update Denial of Service SUSE Linux xorg-x11-libX11

References

#1102062 #1102068 #1102073

Cross- CVE-2018-14598 CVE-2018-14599 CVE-2018-14600

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14598.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14599.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14600.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102062

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102068

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102073

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2934-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update Denial of Service SUSE Linux xorg-x11-libX11

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