PT-2017-13063 · Liblouis+3 · Liblouis+3

Owl337 · Published 2017-08-29 · Updated 2017-12-02 · CVE-2017-13742

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liblouis version 3.2.0

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow that can be triggered in the includeFile() function, located in compileTranslationTable.c. This overflow can lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Recommendations For Liblouis version 3.2.0, consider disabling the includeFile() function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the compileTranslationTable.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CESA-2017_3111

CVE-2017-13742

RHSA-2017:3111

RHSA-2017_3111

USN-3408-1

Affected Products

Centos

Liblouis

Red Hat

Ubuntu

References · 17

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13742 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13742 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3408-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3111.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3408-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13740 · Vendor Advisory