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SUSE: 2022:1998-2 Critical: Xorg-X11-Server Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2021
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An announcement regarding CVE-2021-3472 for the xorg-x11-server has been released for several SUSE platforms. This addresses significant vulnerabilities.
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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1187=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1187=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1187=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1187=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update privilege escalation important SUSE xorg-x11-server

References

#1180128

Cross- CVE-2021-3472

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-SAP

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

HPE Helion Openstack 8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3472.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180128

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1187-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update privilege escalation important SUSE xorg-x11-server

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