UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13742

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13742
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13742.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13742
Related
Published
2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:26Z
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

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name
liblouis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.2-2
2.6.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis9",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}