Detections
Analytics

MiracleLinux 9 : liblouis-3.16.1-5.el9 (AXSA:2023-6663:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 292895

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2023-6663:01 advisory.

 * liblouis: buffer overflow in lou_logFile function at logginc.c (CVE-2023-26767)
 * liblouis: buffer overflow in lou_setDataPath (CVE-2023-26768)
 * liblouis: buffer overflow in Lou_Trace (CVE-2023-26769)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/17847

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 292895

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6663.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:liblouis, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-louis

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769