A libX11 security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1897-1: important: Security update for libX11

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libX11
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1897-1
Rating: important
References: #1186643
Cross-References: CVE-2021-31535
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-31535 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-31535 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for libX11 fixes the following issues:

- Regression in the fix for CVE-2021-31535, causing segfaults for xforms
applications like fdesign (bsc#1186643)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1897=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libX11-6-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-6-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-debugsource-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-devel-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-xcb1-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-xcb1-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

libX11-data-1.6.5-3.21.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libX11-6-32bit-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-6-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-devel-32bit-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-xcb1-32bit-1.6.5-3.21.1
libX11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo-1.6.5-3.21.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31535.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186643