ALAS-2024-2389

Related 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. (CVE-2023-43786)

ALAS-2024-2389


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2389
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:53 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:

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