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Ubuntu: USN-6407-1 Moderate Vulnerability in libx11 Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple libx11 vulnerabilities addressed for Ubuntu versions 20.04, 22.04, and 23.04 LTS. Update promptly to prevent service disruptions.
Several security issues were fixed in libx11.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libx11. Software Description: - libx11: X11 client-side library Details: Gregory James Duck discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain keyboard symbols. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-43785) Yair Mizrahi discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain malformed XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-43786) Yair Mizrahi discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain malformed XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a spec...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: libx11-6 2:1.8.4-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libx11-6 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libx11-6 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.6 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6407-1

CVE-2023-43785, CVE-2023-43786, CVE-2023-43787

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6407-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/2:1.8.4-2ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.6

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