MGASA-2020-0411 - Updated lout packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 10 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0411.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-19917,
     CVE-2019-19918

Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c.
(CVE-2019-19917)

Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c.
(CVE-2019-19918)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27492
- - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/QGZKTKGRJTQE43SFU77X5QJHKXTTOJYB/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19917
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19918

SRPMS:
- 7/core/lout-3.40-9.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0411: lout security update

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

Summary

Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c. (CVE-2019-19917)
Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c. (CVE-2019-19918)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27492

- - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/QGZKTKGRJTQE43SFU77X5QJHKXTTOJYB/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19917

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19918

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0411 - Updated lout packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/lout-3.40-9.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 10 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0411.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-19917, CVE-2019-19918

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