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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7442
An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function does not block '/' characters in the gplot rootname argument, potent...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
leptonlib
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.76.0-1"}]}]
Debian:13
leptonlib
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.76.0-1"}]}]
Debian:14
leptonlib
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.76.0-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org