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RHEL 8 : liblouis (RHSA-2020:1708)
high Nessus Plugin ID 143016
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1708 advisory.- liblouis: Segmentation fault in logging.c:lou_logPrint() (CVE-2018-11577)
- liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-11684)
- liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-11685)
- liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-12085)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected liblouis and / or python3-louis packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11577
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11684
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11685
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12085
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1708
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1585905
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1588631
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 143016
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1708.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/18/2020
Updated: 2/8/2024
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: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12085
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblouis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-louis
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-11577, CVE-2018-11684, CVE-2018-11685, CVE-2018-12085