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SUSE: 2022:3863-1 Important: Xorg-X11-Server Out Of Bounds Fix

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
This Red Hat Security Bulletin outlines corrections for critical flaws in x.org display server impacting both Server and SDK editions.
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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-3863=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3863=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-1.19.6-10.35.1

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Topics Covered

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

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-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

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-2022:3863-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

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

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