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Ubuntu 23.04: USN-5997-1 Moderate Update on Libxml2 Memory Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5997-1 has been released to tackle vulnerabilities identified in Liblouis, providing detailed guidance for systems that may be impacted.
Several security issues were fixed in liblouis.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in liblouis.

Software Description:

- liblouis: Braille translation library - utilities

Details:

USN-5996-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Liblouis. This update provides

the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security issue software update Ubuntu liblouis

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
  liblouis-bin                    3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
  liblouis20                      3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5996-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5996-1

CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769

May 23, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security issue software update Ubuntu liblouis

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1

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