USN-5996-1: Liblouis vulnerabilities
4 April 2023
Several security issues were fixed in liblouis.
Releases
Packages
- liblouis - Braille translation library - utilities
Details
It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
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liblouis9
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2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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liblouis-bin
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2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5996-2: liblouis-data, python3-louis, liblouis-dev, liblouis20, liblouis, liblouis-bin