Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018172940000000
Revision Date:2018-09-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-17294 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-17294
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT liblouis-bin package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not present').
  • OR NOT liblouis-data package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not present').
  • OR NOT liblouis9 package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not present').
  • OR NOT python-louis package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not present').
  • OR NOT python3-louis package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not present').
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