vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-43786: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 10, 2023 | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 10, 2023
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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
alpine-linux-upgrade-libx11
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