Upstream information

CVE-2017-15101 at MITRE

Description

A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 7.2
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Low Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Complete
Integrity Impact Partial Complete
Availability Impact Partial Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1067336 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • liblouis >= 2.5.2-12.el7_4
  • liblouis-devel >= 2.5.2-12.el7_4
  • liblouis-doc >= 2.5.2-12.el7_4
  • liblouis-python >= 2.5.2-12.el7_4
  • liblouis-utils >= 2.5.2-12.el7_4
Patchnames:
RHSA-2017:3384
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • liblouis >= 1.7.0-1.3.6.1
  • liblouis0 >= 1.7.0-1.3.6.1
  • python-louis >= 1.7.0-1.3.6.1
Patchnames:
slessp4-liblouis-13350


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 liblouis Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL liblouis Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 liblouis Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 liblouis Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 liblouis Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS liblouis Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS liblouis Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 liblouis Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 python-louis Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS liblouis Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS liblouis Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 liblouis Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 python-louis Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 liblouis Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 liblouis Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 liblouis Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 liblouis Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 liblouis Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 liblouis Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 liblouis Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Nov 8 17:00:11 2017
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 17:37:27 2023