lout vulnerabilities and fixes

Recent CVEs affecting lout, with upgrade or downgrade steps. 2 tracked.

lout has 2 tracked vulnerabilities, 0 critical. A fixed release or vendor patch exists for 0. Most recent: 2019-12-20. Highest priority: CVE-2019-19918 (score 51/100).

• CVE-2019-19918 HIGH 7.8 DOWNGRADE DOWNGRADE Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c.
• CVE-2019-19917 HIGH 7.8 DOWNGRADE DOWNGRADE Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c.

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How do I fix lout vulnerabilities?

Open the CVE for your version, check the affected range, then follow the listed action: upgrade to the fixed release, or downgrade or mitigate if no fix exists yet. Commands for each OS are shown on every CVE page.

Is lout being exploited right now?

None of the tracked lout CVEs are on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the moment. This is checked every 20 minutes.

Which lout CVE should I patch first?

CVE-2019-19918 currently ranks highest (51/100): Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c..

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