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SUSE: 2024:0165-1 important: xwayland heap overflow issues

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE: 2024:0165-1 addresses multiple vulnerabilities in xwayland, providing key security upgrades to fix important issues.
* bsc#1218582 * bsc#1218583 * bsc#1218584 * bsc#1218585 * bsc#1218845

Summary

## This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-6816: Fixed heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer (bsc#1218582) * CVE-2024-0229: Fixed reattaching to different master device may lead to out- of-bounds memory access (bsc#1218583) * CVE-2024-0408: Fixed SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer. (bsc#1218845) * CVE-2024-0409: Fixed SELinux context corruption. (bsc#1218846) * CVE-2024-21885: Fixed heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent (bsc#1218584) * CVE-2024-21886: Fixed heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice (bsc#1218585) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.4

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security advisory critical issue important heap overflow memory access xwayland

References

* bsc#1218582

* bsc#1218583

* bsc#1218584

* bsc#1218585

* bsc#1218845

* bsc#1218846

Cross-

* CVE-2023-6816

* CVE-2024-0229

* CVE-2024-0408

* CVE-2024-0409

* CVE-2024-21885

* CVE-2024-21886

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-6816 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-0229 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-0408 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2024-0409 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2024-21885 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-21886 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0165-1
Rating: important

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security advisory critical issue important heap overflow memory access xwayland

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