Security update for liblouis

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2780-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-11440 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-11440 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11577 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-11577 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11683 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-11683 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11684 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-11684 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11685 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-11685 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12085 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-12085 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for liblouis, python-louis, python3-louis fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189)
  • CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)
  • CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827)
  • CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826)
  • CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)
  • CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1944=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1944=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1944=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1944=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1944=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-data-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • python3-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-debuginfo-2.6.4-6.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • liblouis-devel-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-data-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • python3-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-debuginfo-2.6.4-6.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • python-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-data-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • python3-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-debuginfo-2.6.4-6.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis-data-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • python3-louis-2.6.4-6.6.1
    • liblouis9-debuginfo-2.6.4-6.6.1

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