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SUSE: 2020:3589-1 Critical: Xorg-X11-Server Buffer Overflow & DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
This Ubuntu security patch tackles significant vulnerabilities in x11-server, enhancing overall system integrity and protection.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-25712: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow which could have led to privilege escalation (bsc#1177596). - CVE-2020-14360: Fixed an out of bounds memory accesses on too short request which could lead to denial of service (bsc#1174908). 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 for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-3589=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-3589=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS:

References

#1174908 #1177596

Cross- CVE-2020-14360 CVE-2020-25712

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14360.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25712.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174908

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177596

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3589-1
Rating: important

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