USN-3474-1

Raphael Sanchez Prudencio discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name: liblouis
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.3-2

2.5.3-2ubuntu1

2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "liblouis-bin",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "liblouis-data",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "liblouis2",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-louis",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-louis",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2014-8184",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3474-1.json"