Linux · Security advisory · October 9, 2023

ALSA-2023:5537: Security update for 2 packages

ALSA-2023:5537, released October 9, 2023, fixes 2 CVEs across 2 products. One of them is being exploited (CVE-2023-5217); 1 on CISA KEV. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

Patch now1 on CISA KEV1 publicly disclosed
CVEs closed
2
None rated Critical
Exploited
1
CVE-2023-5217
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.4901
98th percentile

Priority of the 2 CVEs

Patch now 1 Urgent 0 High 1 Routine 0

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
libvpxalmalinux 81.7.0-10.el8_8.alma.1
libvpx-develalmalinux 81.7.0-10.el8_8.alma.1

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
Patch now CVE-2023-5217 Chromium: CVE-2023-5217 Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx 8.8 0.4901 KEVDisclosedExploited
High CVE-2023-44488 libvpx: This update for libvpx fixes the following issues: - CVE-2024-5197: Fixed interger overflow when calling vpx_img_all... 8.8 0.0216 None reported
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