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SUSE Security Advisory: 2020:3107-1 Low Risk for liblouis DoS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for liblouis tackles a minor vulnerability that could lead to remote Denial of Service attacks. Find more information here.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for liblouis, python-luis and python3-louis fixes the following issue: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319). 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-3107=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3107=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.9.24

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update DoS low severity SUSE out of bounds liblouis

References

#1109319

Cross- CVE-2018-17294

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17294.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109319

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3107-1
Rating: low

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security advisory software update DoS low severity SUSE out of bounds liblouis

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