CVE-2023-43786

Public on 2023-10-06
Modified on 2024-02-10
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libX11 2023-12-05 ALAS-2023-1895
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libX11 2023-12-04 ALAS2-2023-2356
Amazon Linux 2023 libX11 2023-10-24 ALAS2023-2023-383
Amazon Linux 1 libXpm 2023-11-03 ALAS-2023-1875
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libXpm 2024-01-09 ALAS2-2024-2389
Amazon Linux 2023 libXpm 2023-10-24 ALAS2023-2023-382

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H