Oval Definition:oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84832
Revision Date:2017-11-22Version:1
Title:Security update for xorg-x11-server (Moderate)
Description:





This update for xorg-x11-server fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2017-13721: Missing validation of shmseg resource id in Xext/XShm could lead to shared memory segments of other users beeing freed (bnc#1052984) - CVE-2017-13723: A local denial of service via unusual characters in XkbAtomText and XkbStringText was fixed (bnc#1051150) - CVE-2017-12184,CVE-2017-12185,CVE-2017-12186,CVE-2017-12187: Fixed unvalidated lengths in multiple extensions (bsc#1063034) - CVE-2017-12183: Fixed some unvalidated lengths in the XFIXES extension. (bsc#1063035) - CVE-2017-12180,CVE-2017-12181,CVE-2017-12182: Fixed various unvalidated lengths in the XFree86-VidMode/XFree86-DGA/XFree86-DRI extensions (bsc#1063037) - CVE-2017-12179: Fixed an integer overflow and unvalidated length in (S)ProcXIBarrierReleasePointer in Xi (bsc#1063038) - CVE-2017-12178: Fixed a wrong extra length check in ProcXIChangeHierarchy in Xi (bsc#1063039) - CVE-2017-12177: Fixed an unvalidated variable-length request in ProcDbeGetVisualInfo (bsc#1063040) - CVE-2017-12176: Fixed an unvalidated extra length in ProcEstablishConnection (bsc#1063041)



These non-security issues were fixed:

- Make colormap/gamma glue code work with the RandR extension disabled. This prevents it from crashing and showing wrong colors. (bsc#1061107) - Recognize ssh as a remote client to fix launching applications remotely when using DRI3. (bsc#1022727)
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:Reference(s):1022727
1051150
1052984
1061107
1063034
1063035
1063037
1063038
1063039
1063040
1063041
CVE-2017-12176
CVE-2017-12177
CVE-2017-12178
CVE-2017-12179
CVE-2017-12180
CVE-2017-12181
CVE-2017-12182
CVE-2017-12183
CVE-2017-12184
CVE-2017-12185
CVE-2017-12186
CVE-2017-12187
CVE-2017-13721
CVE-2017-13723
SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1
Platform(s):SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 is installed
  • AND Package Information
  • xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2 is installed
  • OR xorg-x11-server-extra-7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2 is installed
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