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RHEL 9 : libXpm (RHSA-2024:2146)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194771
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libXpm.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2146 advisory.X.Org X11 libXpm runtime library.
Security Fix(es):
* libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() (CVE-2023-43788)
* libXpm: out of bounds read on XPM with corrupted colormap (CVE-2023-43789)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL libXpm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2146.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?55e2a02b
http://www.nessus.org/u?d922e0bf
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194771
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2146.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/30/2024
Updated: 6/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43789
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxpm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-43788, CVE-2023-43789