Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-5996-2

USN-5996-2: Libloius vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 May 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in liblouis.

Releases

23.04

Packages

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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
23.04 lunar	liblouis20 – 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1
23.04 lunar	liblouis-bin – 3.24.0-1ubuntu0.1

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References

USN-5996-1

USN-5996-1