Ubuntu Security Notice 5476-1 - Han Zheng discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue was addressed in Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5476-1
June 13, 2022
liblouis vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in liblouis.
Software Description:
- liblouis: Braille translation library - utilities
Details:
Han Zheng discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue was
addressed in Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-26981)
It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
or cause a crash. (CVE-2022-31783)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
liblouis-bin 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.1
liblouis20 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 21.10:
liblouis-bin 3.18.0-1ubuntu0.2
liblouis20 3.18.0-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
liblouis-bin 3.12.0-3ubuntu0.1
liblouis20 3.12.0-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
liblouis-bin 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.4
liblouis14 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5476-1
CVE-2022-26981, CVE-2022-31783
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.20.0-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.18.0-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.12.0-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.5.0-1ubuntu0.4