SUSE-SU-2024:0114-1: Security update for xwayland

Published Jan 17, 2024
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Updated

This update for xwayland fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-6816: Fixed heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer (bsc#1218582) CVE-2024-0229: Fixed reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access (bsc#1218583) CVE-2024-21885: Fixed heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent (bsc#1218584) CVE-2024-21886: Fixed heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice (bsc#1218585)

Affected Software

9 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
Any of the following
suse/xwayland-devel<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
suse/xwayland-debugsource<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
suse/xwayland<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
suse/xwayland-debuginfo<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/xwayland-debugsource<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
suse/xwayland<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
suse/xwayland-debuginfo<22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
22.1.5-150500.7.14.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/xwayland-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/xwayland-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/xwayland to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/xwayland-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 22.1.5-150500.7.14.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade xwayland to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-2024-114=1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade xwayland to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-114=1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade xwayland to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP5-2024-114=1

Event History

Jan 17, 2024
Advisory Published
via SUSE·12:36 PM

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