CVE-2023-43788

NameCVE-2023-43788
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3603-1, DSA-5516-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxpm (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye1:3.5.12-1.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:3.5.12-1.1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:3.5.17-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxpmsourcebuster1:3.5.12-1+deb10u2DLA-3603-1
libxpmsourcebullseye1:3.5.12-1.1+deb11u1DSA-5516-1
libxpmsourcebookworm1:3.5.12-1.1+deb12u1DSA-5516-1
libxpmsource(unstable)1:3.5.17-1

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/2fa554b01ef6079a9b35df9332bdc4f139ed67e0

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