Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting liblouis-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.6.2-21.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBLOUISDEBUGINFO-6253833
  • published20 Feb 2024
  • disclosed4 Jun 2018

Introduced: 4 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-11684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 liblouis-debuginfo to version 0:2.6.2-21.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2471.

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.

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.