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Ubuntu: USN-4819-1 (CVE-2017-18196): Leptonica vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4819-1 (CVE-2017-18196): Leptonica vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/23/2018
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

Leptonica 1.74.4 constructs unintended pathnames (containing duplicated path components) when operating on files in /tmp subdirectories, which might allow local users to bypass intended file restrictions by leveraging access to a directory located deeper within the /tmp directory tree, as demonstrated by /tmp/ANY/PATH/ANY/PATH/input.tif.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-liblept4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-liblept5

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