SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1

    Published: 26 Sept 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for liblouis

    Details: This update for liblouis fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-13738: Prevent illegal address access in the _lou_getALine function that allowed to cause remote DoS (bsc#1056105). - CVE-2017-13739: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the function resolveSubtable() that could have caused DoS or remote code execution (bsc#1056101). - CVE-2017-13740: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() that could have caused DoS or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1056097) - CVE-2017-13741: Prevent use-after-free in function compileBrailleIndicator() that allowed to cause remote DoS (bsc#1056095). - CVE_2017-13742: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow in function includeFile that allowed to cause remote DoS (bsc#1056093). - CVE-2017-13743: Prevent buffer overflow triggered in the function _lou_showString() that allowed to cause remote DoS (bsc#1056090). - CVE-2017-13744: Prevent illegal address access in the function _lou_getALine() that allowed to cause remote DoS (bsc#1056088).

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblouis

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.4-6.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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