CVE-2019-19917

Upstream information

CVE-2019-19917 at MITRE

Description

Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1159714 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2020:1771-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:41 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2020:1772-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:41 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2020:1812-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:41 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2020:1813-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:41 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	lout >= 3.40-bp151.2.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1812
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2	lout >= 3.40-bp152.4.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1813
openSUSE Leap 15.1	lout >= 3.40-lp151.2.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1772
openSUSE Leap 15.2	lout >= 3.40-lp152.3.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-1771
openSUSE Tumbleweed	lout >= 3.42-1.3	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11027

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Dec 21 00:50:47 2019
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:23:26 2025