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SUSE: 2020:2331-1 Moderate: xorg-x11-server Privilege Escalation Risks

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
New release for xorg-x11-server fixes three concerns flagged as moderate by SUSE. Implement updates for enhanced security measures.
An update that fixes three 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-2020-14346: XIChangeHierarchy Integer Underflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (bsc#1174638, ZDI-CAN-11429). - 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-2331=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation xorg-x11-server SUSE Linux Enterprise openstack cloud heap memory leak

References

#1174633 #1174635 #1174638

Cross- CVE-2020-14345 CVE-2020-14346 CVE-2020-14347

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5

HPE Helion Openstack 8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14345.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14346.html

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174633

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174635

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174638

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2331-1
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation xorg-x11-server SUSE Linux Enterprise openstack cloud heap memory leak

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