Severity: Low
Title: liblouis: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 22, 2024
Bugs: #905298
ID: 202409-18

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in liblouis, the worst of
which could result in denial of service.

Background
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liblouis is an open-source braille translator and back-translator.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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dev-libs/liblouis < 3.25.0 >= 3.25.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in liblouis. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
=====
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
=========
All liblouis users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">Þv-libs/liblouis-3.25.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-26767
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26767
[ 2 ] CVE-2023-26768
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26768
[ 3 ] CVE-2023-26769
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26769

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-18

Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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