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Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2356
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-29 22:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-12-04 21:44 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
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
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 libX11 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
libX11-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
libX11-devel-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
libX11-debuginfo-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
i686:
libX11-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.i686
libX11-devel-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.i686
libX11-debuginfo-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.i686
noarch:
libX11-common-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.noarch
src:
libX11-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.src
x86_64:
libX11-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
libX11-devel-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
libX11-debuginfo-1.6.7-3.amzn2.0.5.x86_64