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A xwayland security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.4.



SUSE-SU-2022:3941-1: important: Security update for xwayland


SUSE Security Update: Security update for xwayland
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3941-1
Rating: important
References: #1204412 #1204416
Cross-References: CVE-2022-3550 CVE-2022-3551
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-3550 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-3550 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-3551 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-3551 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4 openSUSE Leap 15.4
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:

This update for xwayland fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-3550: Fixed out of bounds read/write in _GetCountedString() (bsc#1204412).
- CVE-2022-3551: Fixed various leaks of the return value of GetComponentSpec() (bsc#1204416).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-3941=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP4-2022-3941=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1
xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1
xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1
xwayland-devel-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4 (x86_64):
xwayland-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1
xwayland-debuginfo-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1
xwayland-debugsource-21.1.4-150400.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3550.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3551.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204412
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204416