CVE-2018-17294
published 2018-09-21CVE-2018-17294: 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…
PriorityP423medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.72%
84.4th percentile
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.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | liblouis | < liblouis 3.7.0-1 (bookworm) | liblouis 3.7.0-1 (bookworm) |
| liblouis | liblouis | < 3.7.0 | 3.7.0 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.7.0-1 | 3.7.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.7.0-1 | 3.7.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.7.0-1 | 3.7.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.7.0-1 | 3.7.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5 | 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4 | 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3 | 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3 |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Liblouis vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-10-03·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-12085 [HIGH] Liblouis vulnerabilities
Title: Liblouis vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Liblouis.
Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-12085)
It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17294)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
vendor_redhat·2018-09-24·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17294 [MEDIUM] CWE-121 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
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.
Package: liblouis (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: liblouis (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Fix deferred
Debian
CVE-2018-17294: liblouis - The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17294 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17294: liblouis - The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.7.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.7.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.7.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.7.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.7.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-xg7f-9m4r-jh69: The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-17294 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-xg7f-9m4r-jh69: The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString
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.
OSV
liblouis vulnerabilities
osv·2018-10-03·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-12085 [HIGH] liblouis vulnerabilities
liblouis vulnerabilities
Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-12085)
It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17294)
OSV
CVE-2018-17294: The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString
osv·2018-09-21·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17294 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17294: The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17294 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
bugzilla·2018-09-25·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17294 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17294 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
CVE-2018-17294 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
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.
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
Upstream issue:
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
Discussion:
Created liblouis tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1632836]
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Rebuilt with ASAN. No crashes, no errors. Same with Valgrind. Source has similar potentially vulnerable code, i.e. matchcurrentInput, but s
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17294 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-25·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-17294 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-17294 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-17294 liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396ehttps://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396ehttps://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/
2018-09-21
Published