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Gentoo: 202312-01 High Severity: Leptonica Multiple Risks

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Serious security flaws identified in Leptonica, classified as high risk. Update to version 1.81.0 or newer to resolve these problems.
Several vulnerabilities have been found in Leptonice, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Leptonica. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution multiple vulnerabilities Leptonica

Resolution

All Leptonica users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/leptonica-1.81.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-18196 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18196 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-7186 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7186 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-7247 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7247 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-7440 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7440 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-7441 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7441 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-7442 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7442 [ 7 ] CVE-2022-38266 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38266

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Leptonica: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 18, 2023
Bugs: #649752, #869416
ID: 202312-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution multiple vulnerabilities Leptonica

Synopsis

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Leptonice, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Leptonica is a C library for image processing and analysis.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------------- ------------ ------------ media-libs/leptonica < 1.81.0 >= 1.81.0

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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