Directory Traversal Affecting leptonlib package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LEPTONLIB-344174
  • published23 Feb 2018
  • disclosed23 Feb 2018

Introduced: 23 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 leptonlib.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream leptonlib package and not the leptonlib package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.