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SUSE: CVE-2018-17294: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-17294: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/21/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-liblouis
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis-data
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis-devel
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis-doc
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis-tools
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis0
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis14
  • suse-upgrade-liblouis9
  • suse-upgrade-python-louis
  • suse-upgrade-python3-louis

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:13994-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3107-1
  • USN-3782-1
  • CVE-2018-17294

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