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RockyLinux 8 : libX11 (RLSA-2024:2973)
high Nessus Plugin ID 235513
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2973 advisory.* libX11: out-of-bounds memory access in _XkbReadKeySyms() (CVE-2023-43785)
* libX11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in PutSubImage() (CVE-2023-43786)
* libX11: integer overflow in XCreateImage() leading to a heap overflow (CVE-2023-43787)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2973
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242252
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 235513
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-2973.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 5/7/2025
Updated: 5/7/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43787
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11-xcb-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11-xcb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libx11-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2023