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SUSE: CVE-2023-43786: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/04/2023
Created
10/05/2023
Added
10/05/2023
Modified
10/16/2023

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)

  • suse-upgrade-libx11-6
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-6-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-data
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-xcb1
  • suse-upgrade-libx11-xcb1-32bit

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