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MiracleLinux 7 : liblouis-2.5.2-12.el7 (AXSA:2017-2462:02)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 288950

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2462:02 advisory.

 * A missing fix for one stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() for CVE-2014-8184 was discovered. An attacker could cause denial of service or potentially allow arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2017-15101) Asianux would like to thank Samuel Thibault for reporting this issue.
 CVE-2014-8184
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 CVE-2017-15101
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected liblouis and / or liblouis-python packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/8905

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 288950

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-2462.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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 Score Source: CVE-2017-15101

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:miracle:linux:liblouis, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:liblouis-python

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15101