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SUSE: 2024:3791-1 critical: xwayland buffer overflow vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
An upgrade for xwayland resolves an essential heap buffer overflow vulnerability. Utilize SUSE's patching tools to enhance the security of your environment.
* bsc#1231565 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-9632

Summary

## This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-9632: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation in _XkbSetCompatMap (bsc#1231565). ## 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 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-3791=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLED-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-3791=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.39.1 * xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.39.1 * xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.39.1 * xwayland-devel-21.1.4-150400.3.39.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow patch important SUSE CVE reference xwayland

References

* bsc#1231565

Cross-

* CVE-2024-9632

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-9632 ( SUSE ): 8.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-9632 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-9632 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9632.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231565

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3791-1
Release Date: 2024-10-30T08:19:49Z
Rating: important

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