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DEBIAN: Addressing Wayland Mismatch Vulnerability 2025:4428-2

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's Security Update for Xwayland addresses critical issues including use-after-free and buffer overflow risks, rated as important.
* bsc#1251958 * bsc#1251959 * bsc#1251960 Cross-References:

Summary

## This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: * Fixed use-after-free in XPresentNotify structures creation (CVE-2025-62229, bsc#1251958) * Fixed Use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal (CVE-2025-62230, bsc#1251959) * Fixed Value overflow in Xkb extension XkbSetCompatMap() (CVE-2025-62231, bsc#1251960) ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP7-2025-3874=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 (x86_64) * xwayland-24.1.5-150700.3.9.1 * xwayland-debuginfo-24.1.5-150700.3.9.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important use-after-free Xwayland

References

* bsc#1251958

* bsc#1251959

* bsc#1251960

Cross-

* CVE-2025-62229

* CVE-2025-62230

* CVE-2025-62231

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-62229 ( SUSE ): 7.7

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

* CVE-2025-62229 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-62229 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-62230 ( SUSE ): 7.7

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

* CVE-2025-62230 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-62230 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2025-62231 ( SUSE ): 8.7

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3874-1
Release Date: 2025-10-30T15:25:37Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important use-after-free Xwayland

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