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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-13738: ELSA-2017-3111: liblouis security update (MODERATE)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-13738: ELSA-2017-3111: liblouis security update (MODERATE)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2017
Modified
11/29/2024

Description

There is an illegal address access in the _lou_getALine function in compileTranslationTable.c:346 in Liblouis 3.2.0. Multiple flaws were found in the processing of translation tables in liblouis. An attacker could crash or potentially execute arbitrary code using malicious translation tables.

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

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