DSA-5517-1 libx11 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5517-1 libx11 -- security update

Date Reported:

05 Oct 2023

Affected Packages:

libx11

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-43785, CVE-2023-43786, CVE-2023-43787.

More information:

Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in libx11, the X11 client-side library, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libx11 packages.

For the detailed security status of libx11 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libx11