Security update for liblouis

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2569-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • 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
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

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

Security issues fixed:

  • 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-2018-11683: Fix a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095827)

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 Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-liblouis-13764=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-liblouis-13764=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • liblouis-1.7.0-1.3.13.1
    • liblouis0-1.7.0-1.3.13.1
    • python-louis-1.7.0-1.3.13.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • liblouis-1.7.0-1.3.13.1
    • liblouis0-1.7.0-1.3.13.1
    • python-louis-1.7.0-1.3.13.1

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