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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-43788): libXpm vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-43788): libXpm vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/03/2023
Created
10/04/2023
Added
10/04/2023
Modified
11/13/2023

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxpm4

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