UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17294
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294
Related
Published
2018-09-21T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:40Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name
liblouis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.0-3ubuntu1
3.3.0-1
3.4.1-1
3.5.0-1
3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "liblouis14"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "liblouis14-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "python-louis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "python3-louis"
        }
    ]
}