Bug 1511023 – CVE-2017-15101 liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184

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Bug 1511023 - (CVE-2017-15101) CVE-2017-15101 liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184

Summary:	CVE-2017-15101 liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-15101

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1511027 1511028
Blocks:	1488949
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Reported:	2017-11-08 09:50 EST by Raphael Sanchez Prudencio
Modified:	2018-07-27 04:07 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	liblouis 2.5.4
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Doc Text:	A missing fix for one stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() for CVE-2014-8184 was discovered. An attacker could cause denial of service or potentially allow arbitrary code execution.
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Last Closed:	2017-12-06 08:04:51 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:3384	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: liblouis security update	2017-12-05 14:21:08 EST

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Description Raphael Sanchez Prudencio 2017-11-08 09:50:33 EST

Incomplete fix of CVE-2014-8184: one possible stack-based buffer overflow missed in CVE-2014-8184 fix.

Comment 1 Raphael Sanchez Prudencio 2017-11-08 09:52:19 EST

Acknowledgments:

Name: Samuel Thibault

Comment 3 Raphael Sanchez Prudencio 2017-11-08 10:12:04 EST

Proposed patch by Samuel Thibault: https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/files/1439794/CVE-2014-8184-fix.txt

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-12-05 09:21:47 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:3384 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3384

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