| Name | CVE-2017-13743 |
| Description | There is a buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function _lou_showString() in utils.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 874302 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| liblouis (PTS) | jessie | 2.5.3-3+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-3+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 3.8.0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.16.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.24.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.32.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| liblouis | source | stretch | 3.0.0-3+deb9u1 | | | |
| liblouis | source | (unstable) | 3.3.0-1 | low | | 874302 |
Notes
[jessie] - liblouis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - liblouis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484335