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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c     (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The version of liblouis installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.2-21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2471 advisory.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440. (CVE-2018-12085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2020:1708 advisory.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440. (CVE-2018-12085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3672-1 advisory.

    Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11683, CVE-2018-11684, CVE-2018-11685)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1708 advisory.

    - Apply patch for CVE-2018-12085 (#1589942)
    - Fix CVE-2018-11577 (#1585906)
    - Fix CVE-2018-11684 (#1588632)
    - Fix CVE-2018-11685 (#1588637)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of liblouis installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.2-21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1941 advisory.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440. (CVE-2018-12085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2020:1708 advisory.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440. (CVE-2018-12085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:1708 advisory.

  - liblouis: Segmentation fault in logging.c:lou_logPrint() (CVE-2018-11577)

  - liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c     (CVE-2018-11684)

  - liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c     (CVE-2018-11685)

  - liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-12085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1708 advisory.

    Liblouis is an open source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It     features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for     many languages and has support for hyphenation. New languages can easily be added through tables that     support a rule or dictionary based approach. Liblouis also supports math braille (Nemeth and Marburg).

    Security Fix(es):

    * liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c     (CVE-2018-11684)

    * liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c     (CVE-2018-11685)

    * liblouis: Segmentation fault in logging.c:lou_logPrint() (CVE-2018-11577)

    * liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in compileTranslationTable.c (CVE-2018-12085)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1524 advisory.

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11440)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c. (CVE-2018-11577)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
    (CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c. (CVE-2018-11685)

  - Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c,     a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440. (CVE-2018-12085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for liblouis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in     matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote     attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319).

  - CVE-2018-11410: Fixed an invalid free in the compileRule     function in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1094685)

  - CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c     (bsc#1095189)

  - CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in     lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)

  - CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c     (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440)     (bsc#1095827)

  - CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the     function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c     (bsc#1095826)

  - CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function compileHyphenation() in     compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)

  - CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c     (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440)     (bsc#1097103)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for liblouis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319).

CVE-2018-11410: Fixed an invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1094685)

CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189)

CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)

CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827)

CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826)

CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)

CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for liblouis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c     (bsc#1095189)

  - CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in     lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)

  - CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c     (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440)     (bsc#1095827)

  - CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the     function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c     (bsc#1095826)

  - CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function compileHyphenation() in     compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)

  - CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c     (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440)     (bsc#1097103)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

This update for liblouis, python-louis, python3-louis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189)

CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)

CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827)

CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826)

CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)

CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for liblouis, python-louis fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826)

CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)

CVE-2018-11683: Fix a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095827)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the liblouis packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the     function parseChars in     compileTranslationTable.c.(CVE-2018-11440)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the     function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a     different vulnerability than     CVE-2018-11440.(CVE-2018-11683)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the     function includeFile in     compileTranslationTable.c.(CVE-2018-11684)

  - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the     function compileHyphenation in     compileTranslationTable.c.(CVE-2018-11685)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199612	RHEL 7 : liblouis (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
195531	RHEL 7 : liblouis (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
190711	Amazon Linux 2 : liblouis (ALAS-2024-2471)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
184655	Rocky Linux 8 : liblouis (RLSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
183612	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Liblouis vulnerabilities (USN-3672-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
180883	Oracle Linux 8 : liblouis (ELSA-2020-1708)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
171836	Amazon Linux 2 : liblouis (ALAS-2023-1941)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
157685	AlmaLinux 8 : liblouis (ALSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
145823	CentOS 8 : liblouis (CESA-2020:1708)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
143016	RHEL 8 : liblouis (RHSA-2020:1708)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
141977	Amazon Linux 2 : geronimo-jaxrpc (ALAS-2020-1524)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
123815	openSUSE Security Update : liblouis (openSUSE-2019-1160)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
123501	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
117687	openSUSE Security Update : liblouis (openSUSE-2018-1039)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117662	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2018:2780-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
112272	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2018:2569-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
111648	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : liblouis (EulerOS-SA-2018-1228)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
111184	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : liblouis (EulerOS-SA-2018-1222)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high

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