SB2018121917 - Fedora 28 update for leptonica, mingw-leptonica
Published: December 19, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121917
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7442)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct path traversal attack on the target system.The weakness exists in the gplotMakeOutput function due to insufficient validation of characters used in the gplot rootname argument. A remote attacker can trigger path traversal and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7441)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the target system.The weakness exists due to hardcoded /tmp pathnames. A local attacker can create a file in advance, trigger race condition and overwrite arbitrary files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.