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2018-02-23
An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function allows command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname argument. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-3836.
| Products | Debian_linux, Leptonica |
| Type | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78) |
| First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
| Links |
• https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01 • https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html |