SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 123501

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for liblouis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319).

CVE-2018-11410: Fixed an invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1094685)

CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189)

CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)

CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827)

CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826)

CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)

CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-795=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-795=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 123501

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0795-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/29/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis14-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-louis, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11410, CVE-2018-11440, CVE-2018-11577, CVE-2018-11683, CVE-2018-11684, CVE-2018-11685, CVE-2018-12085, CVE-2018-17294

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