SUSE: 2018:3680-1 Moderate xorg-x11-server Update (CVE-2018-14665)
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November 8, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-14665: Disable -logfile and -modulepath when running with elevated privileges (bsc#1112020, Note that SUSE by default does not run with elevated privileges, so the default installation is not affected by this problem. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-2018-2617=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2018-2617=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15:
References
#1112020
Cross- CVE-2018-14665
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14665.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112020
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3680-1
Rating: moderate
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