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SUSE: CVE-2017-13723: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-13723: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/16/2017
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-server
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-extra
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-sdk
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-wayland
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-xvnc

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:3025-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:3047-1
  • DSA-4000
  • 101253
  • GLSA-201710-30
  • CVE-2017-13723
  • USN-3453-1
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