UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3836

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3836
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3836.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3836
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Published
2018-04-24T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:40Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. A specially crafted gplot rootname argument can cause a command injection resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious path as input to an application that passes attacker data to this function to trigger this vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/leptonlib@1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.69-4ubuntu1
1.69-4ubuntu2
1.69-4ubuntu3
1.69-4ubuntu4
1.70.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "leptonica-progs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblept4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libleptonica-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/leptonlib@1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.72-3
1.72-3build1
1.73-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "leptonica-progs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblept5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libleptonica-dev"
        }
    ]
}