SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2021:4136-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1190487 #1190488 #1190489 
Cross-References:   CVE-2021-4009 CVE-2021-4010 CVE-2021-4011
                   
CVSS scores:
                    CVE-2021-4009 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
                    CVE-2021-4010 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
                    CVE-2021-4011 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager Server 4.1
                    SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
                    SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS
                    SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
                    SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues:

   - CVE-2021-4009: The handler for the CreatePointerBarrier request of the
     XFixes extension does not properly validate the request length leading
     to out of bounds memory write. (bsc#1190487)
   - CVE-2021-4010: The handler for the Suspend request of the Screen Saver
     extension does not properly validate the request length leading to out
     of bounds memory write. (bsc#1190488)
   - CVE-2021-4011: The handlers for the RecordCreateContext and
     RecordRegisterClients requests of the Record extension do not properly
     validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory write.
     (bsc#1190489)


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 Manager Server 4.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.1-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP3-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-BCL-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP3-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-ESPOS-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7-2021-4136=1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5:

      To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It
      will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
      updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.



Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Server 4.1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 (x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 (x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3 (x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-wayland-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-wayland-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL (x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS (aarch64 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS (aarch64 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (aarch64 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 (aarch64 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1
      xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4009.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4010.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4011.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190487
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190488
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190489

SUSE: 2021:4136-1 important: xorg-x11-server

December 21, 2021
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-4009: The handler for the CreatePointerBarrier request of the XFixes extension does not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory write. (bsc#1190487) - CVE-2021-4010: The handler for the Suspend request of the Screen Saver extension does not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory write. (bsc#1190488) - CVE-2021-4011: The handlers for the RecordCreateContext and RecordRegisterClients requests of the Record extension do not properly validate the request length leading to out of bounds memory write. (bsc#1190489) 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 Manager Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.1-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP3-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-BCL-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP3-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-ESPOS-2021-4136=1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7-2021-4136=1 - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5: To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way. Package List: - SUSE Manager Server 4.1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 (x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 (x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3 (x86_64): xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-wayland-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-wayland-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL (x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS (aarch64 x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS (aarch64 x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (aarch64 x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 (aarch64 x86_64): xorg-x11-server-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-1.20.3-22.5.42.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.20.3-22.5.42.1

References

#1190487 #1190488 #1190489

Cross- CVE-2021-4009 CVE-2021-4010 CVE-2021-4011

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-4009 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-4010 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-4011 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4009.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4010.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4011.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190487

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190488

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190489

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:4136-1
Rating: important

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