SUSE update for liblouis

Published: 2023-04-05

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-26767 CVE-2023-26769
CWE-ID	CWE-119
Exploitation vector	Local
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE CaaS Platform Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system liblouis-data Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component liblouis-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python3-louis Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component liblouis-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component liblouis-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component liblouis14-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component liblouis14 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU72859

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26767

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within lou_setDataPath, lou_logFile and resolveSubtable. A local user can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package liblouis to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP1

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

liblouis-data: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

liblouis-devel: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

python3-louis: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

liblouis-debuginfo: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

liblouis-debugsource: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

liblouis14-debuginfo: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

liblouis14: before 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20231772-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU74497