Red Hat Enterprise Linux (libvpx): Mehrere Schwachstellen
WID-SEC-2023-2599 · first 10.10.2023 · updated 18.03.2026 · CVSS 8,8
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in der Komponente libvpx ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v7
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- RESF Rocky Linux
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
- CVE-2023-5217: exploited in the wild according to CISA, in the catalogue since 02.10.2023.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5534 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5535 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5536 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5537 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5538 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5539 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5540 vom 2023-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-5537 vom 2023-10-11 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-5539 vom 2023-10-12 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5540 vom 2023-10-16 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5535 vom 2023-10-16 access.redhat.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALASFIREFOX-2023-016 vom 2023-10-18 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2023-2294 vom 2023-10-20 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6403-2 vom 2023-10-23 ubuntu.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6193 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6188 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6191 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6189 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6190 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6192 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6194 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6198 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6199 vom 2023-10-31 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-6162 vom 2023-10-30 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-6194 vom 2023-10-31 linux.oracle.com
and 13 more sources in the original advisory
CVE: CVE-2023-44488, CVE-2023-5217
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.