USN-4819-1

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    USN-4819-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: leptonlib vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Leptonica incorrectly handled path names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-18196) It was discovered that Leptonica incorrectly handled certain input arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2018-3836) It was discovered that Leptonica incorrectly handled input arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2018-7186)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: leptonlib

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/leptonlib?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.69-4ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High