PT-2017-13064 · Liblouis+3 · Liblouis+3

Published 2017-08-29 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-13743

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 buffer overflow that can be triggered in the function lou showString() in utils.c, leading to a remote denial of service attack.

Recommendations For Liblouis version 3.2.0, consider avoiding the use of the lou showString() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the utils.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CESA-2017_3111

CVE-2017-13743

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10953-1

RHSA-2017:3111

RHSA-2017_3111

SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2590-1

Affected Products

Centos

Liblouis

Red Hat

Suse

References · 33

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10953-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2590-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3111.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13743 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13743 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056097 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100607 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056095 · Note