Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11577 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
liblouis
canonical
opensuse
CWE-120
nessus

Summary

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-1039.NASL
    descriptionThis update for liblouis fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189) - CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945) - CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827) - CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826) - CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825) - CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-09-25
    plugin id117687
    published2018-09-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117687
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : liblouis (openSUSE-2018-1039)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2018-1039.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(117687);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11440", "CVE-2018-11577", "CVE-2018-11683", "CVE-2018-11684", "CVE-2018-11685", "CVE-2018-12085");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : liblouis (openSUSE-2018-1039)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-1039 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update for liblouis fixes the following issues :
    
    Security issues fixed :
    
      - CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in
        the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c
        (bsc#1095189)
    
      - CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in
        lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945)
    
      - CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in
        the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c
        (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440)
        (bsc#1095827)
    
      - CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the
        function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c
        (bsc#1095826)
    
      - CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in
        the function compileHyphenation() in
        compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825)
    
      - CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in
        the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c
        (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440)
        (bsc#1097103)
    
    This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update
    project."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095189"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095825"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095826"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095827"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1095945"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1097103"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected liblouis packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis-data");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis-tools");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis-tools-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis9");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblouis9-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-louis");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/25");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE42\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "42.3", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis-data-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis-devel-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis-tools-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis-tools-debuginfo-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis9-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblouis9-debuginfo-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"python-louis-2.6.4-9.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "liblouis-data / liblouis-debugsource / liblouis-devel / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3669-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11410) It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11440) It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11577). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110322
    published2018-06-05
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110322
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : liblouis vulnerabilities (USN-3669-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-1160.NASL
    descriptionThis update for liblouis fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319). - CVE-2018-11410: Fixed an invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1094685) - CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189) - CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945) - CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827) - CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826) - CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825) - CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123815
    published2019-04-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123815
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : liblouis (openSUSE-2019-1160)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1301.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the liblouis packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c.(CVE-2018-11577) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2018-09-27
    plugin id117744
    published2018-09-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117744
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : liblouis (EulerOS-SA-2018-1301)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1300.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the liblouis packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c.(CVE-2018-11577) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2018-09-27
    plugin id117743
    published2018-09-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117743
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : liblouis (EulerOS-SA-2018-1300)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0795-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for liblouis fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319). CVE-2018-11410: Fixed an invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1094685) CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189) CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945) CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827) CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826) CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825) CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123501
    published2019-03-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123501
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-2780-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for liblouis, python-louis, python3-louis fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-11440: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095189) CVE-2018-11577: Fixed a segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c (bsc#1095945) CVE-2018-11683: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1095827) CVE-2018-11684: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095826) CVE-2018-11685: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function compileHyphenation() in compileTranslationTable.c (bsc#1095825) CVE-2018-12085: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c (different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440) (bsc#1097103) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117662
    published2018-09-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117662
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2018:2780-1)

Redhat

rpms
  • liblouis-0:2.6.2-21.el8
  • liblouis-debuginfo-0:2.6.2-21.el8
  • liblouis-debugsource-0:2.6.2-21.el8
  • liblouis-utils-debuginfo-0:2.6.2-21.el8
  • python3-louis-0:2.6.2-21.el8