Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-43786: A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libXpm | 0:3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libXpm-debuginfo | 0:3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libXpm-devel | 0:3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.5CVE-2023-43786 Public exploit
Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()
A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition.
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-43786.html