First published: Tue Oct 03 2023(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
X.Org libX11 | <1.8.7 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =9.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =38 | |
redhat/libX11 | <1.8.7 | 1.8.7 |
debian/libx11 | <=2:1.6.7-1+deb10u2 | 2:1.6.7-1+deb10u4 2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2 2:1.8.7-1 |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+ | 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+ |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.6 | 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.6 |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.3 | 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.3 |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.8.4-2ubuntu0.3 | 2:1.8.4-2ubuntu0.3 |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.8.6-1ubuntu1 | 2:1.8.6-1ubuntu1 |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+ | 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+ |
ubuntu/libx11 | <1.8.7 | 1.8.7 |
ubuntu/libx11 | <2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.2+ | 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.2+ |
<1.8.7 | ||
=8.0 | ||
=9.0 | ||
=38 |
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The vulnerability ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2023-43785.
The title of this vulnerability is 'out-of-bounds memory access in _XkbReadKeySyms()'.
The affected software is libX11.
The severity of the vulnerability is not specified in the provided information.
The remedy for this vulnerability is to update libX11 to version 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.6 or apply the specified remedies for other versions.