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SUSE: 2020:14463-1 Important: xorg-x11-server Memory Leak and Escalation

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security update addressing serious vulnerabilities within the xorg-x11-server, specifically targeting memory leak concerns and potential privilege escalation threats.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-14347: Leak of uninitialized heap memory from the X server to clients on pixmap allocation (bsc#1174633, ZDI-CAN-11426). - CVE-2020-14345: XKB out-of-bounds access privilege escalation vulnerability (bsc#1174635, ZDI-CAN-11428). 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 Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-xorg-x11-server-14463=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-xorg-x11-server-14463=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xorg-x11-server-14463=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important memory leak SUSE xorg-x11-server

References

#1174633 #1174635

Cross- CVE-2020-14345 CVE-2020-14347

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-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-2020-14345.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14347.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174633

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174635

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14463-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation important memory leak SUSE xorg-x11-server

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