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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202312-01

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                                       https://security.gentoo.org/  

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

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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.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected

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media-libs/leptonica < 1.81.0 >= 1.81.0

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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