Liblouis 3.2.0 compileTranslationTable.c _lou_getALine out-of-bounds
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Liblouis 3.2.0. Affected by this issue is the function _lou_getALine
of the file compileTranslationTable.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
There is an illegal address access in the _lou_getALine function in compileTranslationTable.c:346 in Liblouis 3.2.0.
The bug was discovered 08/29/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/29/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-13738 since 08/29/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103528 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236543 (Red Hat Update for liblouis (RHSA-2017:3111)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103528). The entries 105933, 105934, 105935 and 105936 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 103528
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 64337
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for liblouis CESA-2017:3111 centos7
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Sources
Advisory: RHSA-2017:3111⛔Researcher: OWL337
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-13738 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 100607 - Liblouis Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 08/30/2017 08:55Updated: 12/27/2022 08:40
Changes: 08/30/2017 08:55 (67), 11/11/2019 17:26 (11), 01/10/2021 10:58 (3), 12/27/2022 08:40 (3)
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