| Name | CVE-2023-26768 |
| Description | Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions. |
| 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 | 1033202 |
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 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.8.0-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.16.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.24.0-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3.31.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| liblouis | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| liblouis | source | (unstable) | 3.24.0-2 | unimportant | | 1033202 |
Notes
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1301
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/1302
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/565ac66ec0c187ffb442226487de3db376702958 (v3.25.0)
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/47822bb418fb77564c159469e3be79989b11aced (v3.25.0)
Negligible security impact