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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2014-8184) ELSA-2017-3111: liblouis security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2014-8184) ELSA-2017-3111: liblouis security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2017
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-liblouis
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-liblouis-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-liblouis-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-liblouis-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-liblouis-utils

References

  • ELSA-2017-3111
  • CVE-2014-8184
  • USN-3474-1

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