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.
Published: 2018-02-23
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4819-1 Leptonica vulnerabilities
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Leptonica Leptonica
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:33:01.263Z

Reserved: 2018-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18196

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-23T21:29:00.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:32.257

Link: CVE-2017-18196

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