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2018-09-21
The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.
| Products | Ubuntu_linux, Liblouis, Leap |
| Type | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
| First patch |
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e |
| Relevant file/s | ./liblouis/lou_translateString.c (modified, +3, -1) |
| Links |
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/ • https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 |
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