SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1

    Published: 12 Jul 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xorg-x11-server

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171850-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035283, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10971, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10972

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xorg-x11-server

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.4-27.121.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High