SUSE-SU-2017:3025-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:3025-1

    Published: 16 Nov 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xorg-x11-server

    Details: This update for xorg-x11-server provides several fixes. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-13723: Prevent local DoS via unusual characters in XkbAtomText and XkbStringText (bsc#1051150). - Improve the entropy when generating random data used in X.org server authorization cookies generation by using getentropy() and getrandom() when available (bsc#1025084) - 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)

    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 -7.4-27.122.16.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    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