Resource Exhaustion Affecting liblouis-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.6.2-21.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBLOUISDEBUGINFO-5441188
  • published21 Apr 2023
  • disclosed16 Mar 2023

Introduced: 16 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-26768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 liblouis-debuginfo to version 0:2.6.2-21.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2013.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis-debuginfo package and not the liblouis-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1