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SUSE: 2021:1179-1 Important: CVE-2021-3472 Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2021
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Important patch for xorg-x11-server addressing CVE-2021-3472 with key installation instructions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3472: XChangeFeedbackControl Integer Underflow Privilege Escalation (bsc#1180128) 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-15-2021-1179=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-1179=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1179=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1179=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation critical update SUSE important patch xorg-x11-server CVE-2021-3472

References

#1180128

Cross- CVE-2021-3472

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-2021-3472.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180128

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1179-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation critical update SUSE important patch xorg-x11-server CVE-2021-3472

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