ALSA-2023:6385

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    ALSA-2023:6385

    Published: 7 Nov 2023Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026

    Summary: Moderate: liblouis security update

    Details: Liblouis is an open source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for many languages and has support for hyphenation. New languages can easily be added through tables that support a rule or dictionary based approach. Liblouis also supports math braille (Nemeth and Marburg). Security Fix(es): * liblouis: buffer overflow in lou_logFile function at logginc.c (CVE-2023-26767) * liblouis: buffer overflow in lou_setDataPath (CVE-2023-26768) * liblouis: buffer overflow in Lou_Trace (CVE-2023-26769) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblouis

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/liblouis

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.16.1-5.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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