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SUSE: 2018:2569-1 Moderate: liblouis Buffer Overflow Issues

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Calendar Grey August 31, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has unveiled a security enhancement for liblouis addressing significant vulnerabilities. Learn the best practices for implementing the update efficiently.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

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 Security 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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow patch SUSE liblouis

References

#1095825 #1095826 #1095827

Cross- CVE-2018-11683 CVE-2018-11684 CVE-2018-11685

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11683.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11684.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11685.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095825

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095826

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095827

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2569-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow patch SUSE liblouis

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