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SciLinux: SLSA-2017-3111-1 Moderate: liblouis Security Flaws

Multiple flaws were found in the processing of translation tables in liblouis. An attacker could crash or potentially execute arbitrary code using malicious translation tables. (CVE-2014-8184, CVE-2017-13738, CVE-2017-13740, CVE-2017-13741, CVE-2017-13742, CVE-2017-13743, CVE-2017-13744) SL7 x86_64 liblouis-2.5.2-11.el7_4.i686.rpm liblouis-2.5.2-11.el7_4.x86_64.rpm liblouis-debu [More...]. Synopsis: Moderate: liblouis security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:3111-1 Issue Date: 2017-11-02 CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-13738 CVE-2017-13744 CVE-2017-13740 CVE-2017-13741 CVE-2017-13742 CVE-2017-13743 CVE-2014-8184 -- Security Fix(es): * Multiple flaws were found in the processing of translation tables in liblouis. An attacker could crash or potentially execute arbitrary code using malicious translation tables. (CVE-2014-8184, CVE-2017-13738, CVE-2017-13740, CVE-2017-13741, CVE-2017-13742, CVE-2017-13743, CVE-2017-13744) -- SL7 x86_64 liblouis-2.5.2-11.el7_4.i686.rpm liblouis-2.5.2-11.el7_4.x86_64.rpm liblouis-debuginfo-2.5.2-11.el7_4.i686.rpm liblouis-debuginfo-2.5.2-11.el7_4.x86_64.rpm liblouis-devel-2.5.2-11.el7_4.i686.rpm liblouis-devel-2.5.2-11.el7_4.x86_64.rpm liblouis-utils-2.5.2-11.el7_4.x86_64.rpm noarch liblouis-python-2.5.2-11.el7_4.noarch.rpm liblouis-doc-2.5.2-11.el7_4.noarch.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . A range of vulnerabilities present in liblouis might enable an assailant to destabilize the system or run unapproved commands through the use of harmful translation tables.. liblouis update, SL7 security, translation table flaw, liblouis patch, security advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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