Buffer overflow in Liblouis - CVE-2023-26769

Vulnerability identifier: #VU74497

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26769

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

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

Liblouis
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
liblouis-bin (Ubuntu package)
liblouis9 (Ubuntu package)
liblouis-data
liblouis-devel
python3-louis
liblouis-debuginfo
liblouis14
liblouis14-debuginfo
liblouis-debugsource
python-louis (Ubuntu package)
liblouis-utils
liblouis
python2-louis
liblouis-help
liblouis19-debuginfo
liblouis19
liblouis20 (Ubuntu package)
liblouis-doc
liblouis (Red Hat package)
liblouis20
liblouis20-debuginfo
liblouis-tools
liblouis-tools-debuginfo
dev-libs/liblouis

Install updates from vendor's website.

Liblouis - update to 3.25.0
liblouis-bin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.5, 3.12.0-3ubuntu0.2, 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.2, 3.22.0-2ubuntu0.1, 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
liblouis9 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
liblouis-data - addressed in versions 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1, 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1, 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis-devel - addressed in versions 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1, 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1, 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
python3-louis - addressed in versions 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1, 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1, 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1, 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1, 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis14 - update to 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1
liblouis14-debuginfo - update to 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1
liblouis-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.3.0-150000.4.13.1, 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1, 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
python-louis (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.5
liblouis-utils - update to 3.7.0-4
liblouis - update to 3.7.0-4
liblouis-debugsource - update to 3.7.0-4
liblouis-devel - update to 3.7.0-4
liblouis-debuginfo - update to 3.7.0-4
python2-louis - update to 3.7.0-4
liblouis-help - update to 3.7.0-4
python3-louis - update to 3.7.0-4
liblouis19-debuginfo - update to 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1
liblouis19 - update to 3.11.0-150200.3.8.1
liblouis20 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.12.0-3ubuntu0.2, 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.2, 3.22.0-2ubuntu0.1, 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
liblouis - update to 3.16.1-5
liblouis-doc - update to 3.16.1-5
python3-louis - update to 3.16.1-5
liblouis (Red Hat package) - update to 3.16.1-5.el9
liblouis20 - update to 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis20-debuginfo - update to 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis-doc - update to 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis-tools - update to 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
liblouis-tools-debuginfo - update to 3.20.0-150400.3.8.1
dev-libs/liblouis - update to 3.25.0

• https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/1300

• Buffer overflow in liblouis
• SUSE update for liblouis
• SUSE update for liblouis
• SUSE update for liblouis
• Ubuntu update for liblouis
• Ubuntu update for liblouis
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris third-party software
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for liblouis
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• openEuler update for liblouis
• Gentoo update for liblouis
• Anolis OS update for liblouis