PT-2018-3472 · Liblouis+6 · Liblouis+6

Edward-Lo · Published 2018-05-30 · Updated 2020-04-28 · CVE-2018-11577

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Liblouis version 3.5.0

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow on the stack in the lou logPrint function of the Liblouis translator. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations: For Liblouis version 3.5.0, consider disabling the lou logPrint function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the logging 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.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2020:1708

BDU:2020-01879

CESA-2020_1708

CVE-2018-11577

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2819-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1160-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1160-1

RHSA-2020:1708

RHSA-2020_1708

RLSA-2020:1708

SUSE-SU-2018:2780-1

SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1

USN-3669-1

Affected Products

Almalinux

Centos

Liblouis

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 51

• 🔥 https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/582 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Edward-L/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/liblouis · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2020:1708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11577 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11440 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2020:1708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:1708 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01879 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1708.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3669-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3669-1 · Vendor Advisory