SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171850-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2017-07-12T14:39:03Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:06:32.806377Z
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

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
xorg-x11-server

Package

Name
xorg-x11-server
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.4-27.121.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xorg-x11-Xvnc": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server-extra": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server": "7.4-27.121.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
xorg-x11-server

Package

Name
xorg-x11-server
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.4-27.121.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xorg-x11-Xvnc": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server-extra": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server": "7.4-27.121.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
xorg-x11-server

Package

Name
xorg-x11-server
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.4-27.121.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xorg-x11-Xvnc": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server-extra": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server": "7.4-27.121.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
xorg-x11-server

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.4-27.121.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xorg-x11-Xvnc": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server-extra": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server": "7.4-27.121.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
xorg-x11-server

Package

Name
xorg-x11-server
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-server&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.4-27.121.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xorg-x11-Xvnc": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server-extra": "7.4-27.121.2",
            "xorg-x11-server": "7.4-27.121.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
xorg-x11-server

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
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.4-27.121.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xorg-x11-server-sdk": "7.4-27.121.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:1850-1.json"