SUSE-SU-2014:0893-1: moderate: Security update for xorg-x11-libX11

[sle-security-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-libX11
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0893-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #815451 #821664 #824294 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-1981 CVE-2013-1997 CVE-2013-2004
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   This is a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS roll up update of
   xorg-x11-libX11, fixing a security issues.

   These issues require connection to a malicious X server to trigger the
   bugs in client libraries.

   Security issues fixed:

       *

         CVE-2013-1981: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libX11 allowed X
   servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer
         overflow via vectors related to the (1) XQueryFont, (2)
   _XF86BigfontQueryFont, (3) XListFontsWithInfo, (4) XGetMotionEvents, (5)
   XListHosts, (6) XGetModifierMapping, (7) XGetPointerMapping, (8)
   XGetKeyboardMapping, (9) XGetWindowProperty, (10) XGetImage, (11)
   LoadColornameDB, (12) XrmGetFileDatabase, (13) _XimParseStringFile,
         or (14) TransFileName functions.

       *

         CVE-2013-1997: Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libX11 allowed X
   servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute
   arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the (1)
   XAllocColorCells, (2) _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply, (3) _XkbReadGeomShapes,
   (4) _XkbReadGetGeometryReply, (5) _XkbReadKeySyms, (6) _XkbReadKeyActions,
   (7) _XkbReadKeyBehaviors, (8) _XkbReadModifierMap, (9)
   _XkbReadExplicitComponents, (10) _XkbReadVirtualModMap, (11)
   _XkbReadGetNamesReply, (12) _XkbReadGetMapReply, (13) _XimXGetReadData,
   (14) XListFonts, (15) XListExtensions, and (16) XGetFontPath functions.

       *

         CVE-2013-2004: The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile
   functions in X.org libX11 did not restrict the recursion depth when
   processing directives to include files, which allowed X servers to cause a
   denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted file.

   Security Issue references:

       * CVE-2013-1981
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1981>
       * CVE-2013-1997
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1997>
       * CVE-2013-2004
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2004>


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-xorg-x11-libX11-9384

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-libX11-7.4-5.11.11.7

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      xorg-x11-libX11-32bit-7.4-5.11.11.7


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1981.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1997.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2004.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815451
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821664
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/824294
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d1609b5cf39d255fcbe312ef9591f918