There is a buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function _lou_showString() in utils.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-13743 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (liblouis) | RHSA-2017:3111 | 2017-11-02 |
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