CVE-2017-18196

Low

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.

SeverityLow

CVSS3.3

Exploit probability—

ProductLeptonica

PublishedFeb 23, 2018

First seenFeb 23, 2018

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
leptonica leptonica	1.74.4	—

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