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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/885704 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-23T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-12-18T08:06:25.511138

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


Link: CVE-2017-18196

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2023-12-18T08:15:06.167


Link: CVE-2017-18196

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