The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-299:01 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 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.

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

The version of liblouis installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.2-21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1941 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)

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.

This update for liblouis, python-louis, python3-louis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

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.

According to the versions of the liblouis packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the     function parseChars in     compileTranslationTable.c.(CVE-2018-11440)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the     function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a     different vulnerability than     CVE-2018-11440.(CVE-2018-11683)

  - 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)

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

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 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 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
294094	MiracleLinux 8 : liblouis-2.6.2-21.el8 (AXSA:2020-299:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/20/2026	1/20/2026	high
157685	AlmaLinux 8 : liblouis (ALSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	2/9/2022	11/10/2023	high
171836	Amazon Linux 2 : liblouis (ALAS-2023-1941)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	2/23/2023	12/11/2024	high
117662	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2018:2780-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/24/2018	8/6/2024	high
111184	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : liblouis (EulerOS-SA-2018-1222)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	7/20/2018	9/4/2024	high
143016	RHEL 8 : liblouis (RHSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/18/2020	3/16/2025	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
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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