SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-server
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0045-1
Rating:             important
References:         #864911 #886213 #907268 #907633 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-8091 CVE-2014-8092 CVE-2014-8093
                    CVE-2014-8094 CVE-2014-8095 CVE-2014-8096
                    CVE-2014-8097 CVE-2014-8098 CVE-2014-8099
                    CVE-2014-8100 CVE-2014-8101 CVE-2014-8102
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that fixes 12 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   The XOrg X11 server was updated to fix 12 security issues:

       * Denial of service due to unchecked malloc in client authentication
         (CVE-2014-8091).
       * Integer overflows calculating memory needs for requests
         (CVE-2014-8092).
       * Integer overflows calculating memory needs for requests in GLX
         extension (CVE-2014-8093).
       * Integer overflows calculating memory needs for requests in DRI2
         extension (CVE-2014-8094).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in XInput extension (CVE-2014-8095).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in XC-MISC extension (CVE-2014-8096).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in DBE extension (CVE-2014-8097).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in GLX extension (CVE-2014-8098).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in XVideo extension (CVE-2014-8099).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in Render extension (CVE-2014-8100).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in RandR extension (CVE-2014-8101).
       * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values
         in requests in XFixes extension (CVE-2014-8102).

   Additionally, these non-security issues were fixed:

       * Fix crash in RENDER protocol, PanoramiX wrappers (bnc#864911).
       * Some formats used for pictures did not work with the chosen
         framebuffer format (bnc#886213).

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-8091
         
       * CVE-2014-8092
         
       * CVE-2014-8093
         
       * CVE-2014-8094
         
       * CVE-2014-8095
         
       * CVE-2014-8096
         
       * CVE-2014-8097
         
       * CVE-2014-8098
         
       * CVE-2014-8099
         
       * CVE-2014-8100
         
       * CVE-2014-8101
         
       * CVE-2014-8102
         


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xorg-x11-Xvnc-10108

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-xorg-x11-Xvnc-10108

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-xorg-x11-Xvnc-10108

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xorg-x11-Xvnc-10108

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.101.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.101.1
      xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.101.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.101.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.101.1
      xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.101.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.101.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.101.1
      xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.101.1
      xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.101.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8091.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8092.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8093.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8094.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8095.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8096.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8097.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8098.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8099.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8100.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8101.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8102.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864911
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886213
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907268
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907633
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2015:0045-1: important: xorg-x11-server

January 14, 2015
An update that fixes 12 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

The XOrg X11 server was updated to fix 12 security issues: * Denial of service due to unchecked malloc in client authentication (CVE-2014-8091). * Integer overflows calculating memory needs for requests (CVE-2014-8092). * Integer overflows calculating memory needs for requests in GLX extension (CVE-2014-8093). * Integer overflows calculating memory needs for requests in DRI2 extension (CVE-2014-8094). * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in requests in XInput extension (CVE-2014-8095). * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in requests in XC-MISC extension (CVE-2014-8096). * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in requests in DBE extension (CVE-2014-8097). * Out of bounds access due to not validating length or offset values in requests in GLX extension (CVE-20...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#864911 #886213 #907268 #907633

Cross- CVE-2014-8091 CVE-2014-8092 CVE-2014-8093

CVE-2014-8094 CVE-2014-8095 CVE-2014-8096

CVE-2014-8097 CVE-2014-8098 CVE-2014-8099

CVE-2014-8100 CVE-2014-8101 CVE-2014-8102

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8091.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8092.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8093.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8094.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8095.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8096.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8097.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8098....

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0045-1
Rating: important

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