Red Hat Enterprise Linux (libvpx): Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service
WID-SEC-2024-1945 · first 29.08.2024 · updated 10.03.2026 · CVSS 7,1
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in der Komponente libvpx ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9 for Solaris
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libvpx <1.13.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libvpx <1.14.1
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libvpx 1.13.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libvpx 1.14.1
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:5941 vom 2024-08-28 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-5941 vom 2024-08-29 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2024:5941 vom 2024-09-17 errata.build.resf.org
- IBM Security Bulletin 7173420 vom 2024-10-17 www.ibm.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:9827 vom 2024-11-18 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-9827 vom 2024-11-19 linux.oracle.com
- XEROX Security Advisory XRX25-001 vom 2025-01-13 securitydocs.business.xerox.com
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7249-1 vom 2025-02-04 ubuntu.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2025-2960 vom 2025-08-05 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:14139 vom 2025-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:14140 vom 2025-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:14138 vom 2025-08-20 access.redhat.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2025-3015 vom 2025-09-29 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2025-3052 vom 2025-10-27 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:4128 vom 2026-03-09 access.redhat.com
CVE: CVE-2023-6349, CVE-2024-5197
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.