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CVE-2018-7442

Published: 23 February 2018

An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function does not block '/' characters in the gplot rootname argument, potentially leading to path traversal and arbitrary file overwrite.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
leptonlib
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(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)
lunar
Released (1.76.0-1)
mantic
Released (1.76.0-1)
trusty Needed

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N