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HistoryNov 29, 2023 - 11:18 p.m.

Medium: libX11

2023-11-2923:18:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
7
libx11
vulnerability
denial of service
system resources
cve-2023-43786
red hat
mitre
unix

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2023-43786)

Affected Packages:

libX11

Issue Correction:
Run yum update libX11 to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    libX11-debuginfo-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.i686  
    libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.i686  
    libX11-devel-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.i686  
    libX11-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    libX11-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    libX11-devel-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.x86_64  
    libX11-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.x86_64  
    libX11-debuginfo-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.x86_64  
    libX11-common-1.6.0-2.2.17.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-43786

Mitre: CVE-2023-43786

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%