vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-7441: Leptonica: Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 23, 2018 | Dec 19, 2023 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2018
Added
Dec 19, 2023
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or have unspecified other impact by creating files in advance or winning a race condition, as demonstrated by /tmp/junk_split_image.ps in prog/splitimage2pdf.c.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-leptonica
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