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SUSE: 2022:3856-2 Critical: xorg-x11-server Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update for xorg-x11-server addresses critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Significant update now ready.
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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2022-3856=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2022-3856=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2022-3856=1

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security advisory important system update suse out of bounds xorg-x11-server patch instructions

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 CaaS Platform 4.0

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3856-1
Rating: important

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security advisory important system update suse out of bounds xorg-x11-server patch instructions

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