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)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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 is an open source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It     features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for     many languages and has support for hyphenation. New languages can easily be added through tables that     support a rule or dictionary based approach. Liblouis also supports math braille (Nemeth and Marburg).

    Security Fix(es):

    * 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: Segmentation fault in logging.c:lou_logPrint() (CVE-2018-11577)

    * liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-12085)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2020:1708 advisory.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440. (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.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3669-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11410)

    It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11440)

    It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11577)

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

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

The version of geronimo-jaxrpc installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1-14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1524 advisory.

    Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

    Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

    Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

    Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability thanCVE-2018-11440. (CVE-2018-12085)

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

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

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2020_1708 advisory.

    * 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: Segmentation fault in logging.c:lou_logPrint() (CVE-2018-11577)

    * liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-12085)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
123815	openSUSE Security Update : liblouis (openSUSE-2019-1160)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/8/2019	6/5/2024	critical
143016	RHEL 8 : liblouis (RHSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/18/2020	3/16/2025	high
222314	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-11577	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/2/2026	high
184655	Rocky Linux 8 : liblouis (RLSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	11/6/2023	11/6/2023	high
145823	CentOS 8 : liblouis (CESA-2020:1708)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	2/1/2021	1/25/2024	high
110322	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Liblouis vulnerabilities (USN-3669-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/5/2018	9/3/2025	critical
141977	Amazon Linux 2 : geronimo-jaxrpc (ALAS-2020-1524)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	10/28/2020	12/17/2024	high
359430	Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: liblouis / liblouis-debuginfo / liblouis-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2020_1708)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	high

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