Vigil@nce - Leptonica: file corruption
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: data creation/edition.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 31/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can create a symbolic link, in order to alter the
pointed file, with privileges of Leptonica.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Leptonica-file-corruption-28131