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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2023-43786: libXpm security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2023-43786: libXpm security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/10/2023
Created
03/14/2024
Added
03/13/2024
Modified
03/13/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-libxpm
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-libxpm-devel

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