CVE-2023-43786

Name
CVE-2023-43786
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43786
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242253
MISC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63IBRFLQVZSMOAZBZOBKFWJP26ILRAGQ/
MISC https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0006/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* libx11 >= None < 1.8.7

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
libx11 edge-main 1.8.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
libx11 3.15-main 1.7.3.1-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
libx11 3.18-main 1.8.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
libx11 3.17-main 1.8.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
libx11 3.16-main 1.8.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
libx11 3.19-main 1.8.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed