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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-13740) ELSA-2017-3111: liblouis security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-13740) ELSA-2017-3111: liblouis security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2017
Modified
01/23/2018

Description

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

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
  • 100607
  • RHSA-2017:3111
  • CVE-2017-13740
  • USN-3408-1

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