# RHSA-2024:2973: Security update for 4 packages

RHSA-2024:2973, released May 22, 2024, fixes 3 CVEs across 4 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-2973
- Platform: Linux
- Released: May 22, 2024
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2023-43785, high severity)
- CVEs: 3, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [libX11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libx11-libx11.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:1.6.8-8.el8 |
| [libX11-common](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libx11-common.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:1.6.8-8.el8 |
| [libX11-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libx11-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:1.6.8-8.el8 |
| [libX11-xcb](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libx11-xcb.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:1.6.8-8.el8 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2023-43785](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-43785.md) | High | libx11: A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the _XkbReadKeySyms() function | 7.8 | 0.0067 |  |
| [CVE-2023-43786](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-43786.md) | High | libx11: A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function | 7.8 | 0.0048 |  |
| [CVE-2023-43787](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-43787.md) | High | libx11: A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an integer overflow within the XCreateImage() function | 7.8 | 0.0048 |  |

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