CVE-2018-7441
Published: 23 February 2018
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| ebarretto | Neutralised by kernel hardening https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
leptonlib Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
| bionic |
Needed
|
|
| cosmic |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| disco |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| eoan |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| focal |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| groovy |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| impish |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Needed
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Needed
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.0 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |