SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1

    Published: 22 Nov 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xorg-x11-server

    Details: 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)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xorg-x11-server

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.6_1.18.3-76.15.2

    Affected versions

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