Bug 2242248 (CVE-2023-43788) - CVE-2023-43788 libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer()
Summary: CVE-2023-43788 libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-43788
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2243051 2248828
Blocks: 2240180
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Reported: 2023-10-05 07:08 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2024-04-30 09:49 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: libXpm 3.5.17
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A vulnerability was found in libXpm due to a boundary condition within the XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() function. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2146 0 None None None 2024-04-30 09:39:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2217 0 None None None 2024-04-30 09:49:54 UTC

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-10-05 07:08:05 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in libXpm where a vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() function. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2023-10-10 12:05:29 UTC 
Created libXpm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2243051]
Comment 4 Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-11-09 08:21:04 UTC 
Created motif tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2248828]
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 09:39:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2146 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 09:49:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2217 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217
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