Resource Exhaustion Affecting liblouis package, versions <0:2.6.2-21.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-LIBLOUIS-2034547
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 May 2018

Introduced: 30 May 2018

CVE-2018-11577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 liblouis to version 0:2.6.2-21.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis package and not the liblouis package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c.