Medium: libXpm

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:

libXpm

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

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

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    libXpm-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    libXpm-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.i686  
  
src:  
    libXpm-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    libXpm-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-43786

Mitre: CVE-2023-43786