SUSE-SU-2014:0883-1: moderate: Security update for xorg-x11-libXext

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for xorg-x11-libXext
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0883-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #815451 #821665 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-1982
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


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

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

   Security issue fixed:

       * CVE-2013-1982: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext allowed X
         servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer
         overflow via vectors related to the (1)
   XcupGetReservedColormapEntries, (2) XcupStoreColors, (3)
   XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6)
   XSyncListSystemCounters functions.

   Security Issue references:

       * CVE-2013-1982
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1982>


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-libXext-9385

   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-libXext-7.4-1.18.16

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

      xorg-x11-libXext-32bit-7.4-1.18.16


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1982.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815451
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821665
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d7876a977cfa0f3bc65f2617be7e9844