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SUSE: 2022:3841-1 Important: Xorg-X11-Server Critical Fix

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
Crucial SUSE Security Patch for xorg-x11-server issued to address severe security flaws. Detailed patch information available here.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-3550: Fixed out of bounds read/write in _GetCountedString() (bsc#1204412). - CVE-2022-3551: Fixed various leaks of the return value of GetComponentSpec() (bsc#1204416). 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 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2022-3841=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-3841=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2022-3841=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS:

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information leak critical important out of bounds xorg-x11-server SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1204412 #1204416

Cross- CVE-2022-3550 CVE-2022-3551

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-3550 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-3550 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-3551 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-3551 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3550.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3551.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204412

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204416

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3841-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information leak critical important out of bounds xorg-x11-server SUSE Linux Enterprise

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