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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-43785: Security patch for libX11 (ALAS-2023-1859)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-43785: Security patch for libX11 (ALAS-2023-1859)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/10/2023
Created
10/27/2023
Added
10/25/2023
Modified
10/25/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the _XkbReadKeySyms() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libx11

References

  • ALAS-2023-1859
  • CVE-2023-43785

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