Exploit/Advisories

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5996-2
May 23, 2023

liblouis vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in liblouis.

Software Description:
- liblouis: Braille translation library - utilities

Details:

USN-5996-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Liblouis. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
liblouis-bin 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
liblouis20 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5996-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5996-1
CVE-2023-26767, CVE-2023-26768, CVE-2023-26769

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1

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