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openSUSE: 2017:1885-1 Important: Xorg-X11-Server Security Update

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1885-1 Rating: important References: #1025084 #1035283 Cross-References: CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-10971: Fix endianess handling of GenericEvent to prevent a stack overflow by clients. (bnc#1035283) - Make sure the type of all events to be sent by ProcXSendExtensionEvent are in the allowed range. - CVE-2017-10972: Initialize the xEvent eventT with zeros to avoid information leakage. - Improve retrieval of entropy for generating random authentication cookies (boo#1025084) Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-825=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64): xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 xorg-x11-server-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 xorg-x11-server-debugsource-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 xorg-x11-server-source-7.6_1.18.3-12.20.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10971.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10972.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025084 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035283 . This patch addresses several critical issues within the xorg-x11-server for openSUSE, improving both the security and reliability of the system.. openSUSE Xorg Update, Security Fixes, Vulnerability Management. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 15, 2017 •Important OpenSUSE