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RHSA-2024:2145

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-04-30 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:37

Summary

security update for libX11

Severity

Low

Notes

Title of the patch: security update for libX11

Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2024:2145. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145.

Patchnames: RHSA-2024:2145

CVE-2023-43785

4.4 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Recommended 7 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-0:1.7.0-9.el9.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-0:1.7.0-9.el9.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-common-0:1.7.0-9.el9.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-devel-0:1.7.0-9.el9.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-devel-0:1.7.0-9.el9.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-xcb-0:1.7.0-9.el9.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:libX11-xcb-0:1.7.0-9.el9.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact moderate

CVE-2023-43786

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Recommended 7 products, the same list as for CVE-2023-43785

Threats

Impact moderate

CVE-2023-43787

5.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Recommended 7 products, the same list as for CVE-2023-43785

Threats

Impact moderate

References

13 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/r…	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43786/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43787/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215683	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43786	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215682	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215684	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43787	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215682	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215685	external

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CVE-2023-43785 (GCVE-0-2023-43785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 12:26 – Updated: 2025-11-06 22:59

Title

Libx11: out-of-bounds memory access in _xkbreadkeysyms()

Summary

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the _XkbReadKeySyms() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-04-25 15:44 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

References

6 references

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Impacted products

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Date Public

2023-10-04 00:00

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CVE-2023-43786 (GCVE-0-2023-43786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 12:26 – Updated: 2025-11-06 22:59

Title

Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()

Summary

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

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-04-25 16:06 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

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Impacted products

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Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Date Public

2023-10-04 00:00

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CVE-2023-43787 (GCVE-0-2023-43787)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 12:26 – Updated: 2025-11-06 22:59

Title

Libx11: integer overflow in xcreateimage() leading to a heap overflow

Summary

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an integer overflow within the XCreateImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-01-29 18:42 UTC

CWE

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242254	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/9	x_transferred
https://jfrog.com/blog/xorg-libx11-vulns-cve-2023…	x_transferred
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023110…	x_transferred
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…

Impacted products

5 products

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 0 , < 1.8.7 (semver)
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Unaffected: 0:1.6.8-8.el8 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Unaffected: 0:1.7.0-9.el9 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Date Public

2023-10-04 00:00

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