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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15101: Moderate: liblouis security update (CESA-2017:3384)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-15101: Moderate: liblouis security update (CESA-2017:3384)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/07/2017
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-liblouis
  • centos-upgrade-liblouis-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-liblouis-devel
  • centos-upgrade-liblouis-doc
  • centos-upgrade-liblouis-python
  • centos-upgrade-liblouis-utils

References

  • CVE-2017-15101
  • RHSA-2017:3384

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