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SUSE: CVE-2020-14347: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2020-14347: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/31/2020
Created
08/29/2020
Added
08/27/2020
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

A flaw was found in the way xserver memory was not properly initialized. This could leak parts of server memory to the X client. In cases where Xorg server runs with elevated privileges, this could result in possible ASLR bypass. Xorg-server before version 1.20.9 is vulnerable.

Solution(s)

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

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