Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Liblouis vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3782-1 First vendor Publication 2018-10-03
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-10-03
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Liblouis.

Software Description: - liblouis: Braille translation library - utilities

Details:

Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12085)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17294)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ﾃつ liblouis-binﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3 ﾃつ liblouis14ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ liblouis-binﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4 ﾃつ liblouis9ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ liblouis-binﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5 ﾃつ liblouis2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: ﾃつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3782-1 ﾃつ CVE-2018-12085, CVE-2018-17294

Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3782-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4
Os 3
Os 1

Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-70fac49405.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-e470c7f387.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-9a09435935.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-10-03 17:19:19
  • First insertion