Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-7186 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Leptonica before 1.75.3 does not limit the number of characters in a %s format argument to fscanf or sscanf, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by the gplotRead and ptaReadStream functions.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-CBF621A53C.NASL description This update fixes CVE-2017-18196. ---- This update backports security fixes for CVE-2018-3836, CVE-2018-7186 and CVE-2018-7247. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-03-14 plugin id 108310 published 2018-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108310 title Fedora 27 : leptonica / mingw-leptonica (2018-cbf621a53c) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-cbf621a53c. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(108310); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-18196", "CVE-2018-3836", "CVE-2018-7186", "CVE-2018-7247"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-cbf621a53c"); script_name(english:"Fedora 27 : leptonica / mingw-leptonica (2018-cbf621a53c)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update fixes CVE-2017-18196. ---- This update backports security fixes for CVE-2018-3836, CVE-2018-7186 and CVE-2018-7247. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-cbf621a53c" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected leptonica and / or mingw-leptonica packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:leptonica"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-leptonica"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/02/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^27([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 27", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC27", reference:"leptonica-1.74.4-5.fc27")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC27", reference:"mingw-leptonica-1.74.4-4.fc27")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "leptonica / mingw-leptonica"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1302.NASL description Different flaws have been found in leptonlib, an image processing library. CVE-2018-7186 Leptonica did not limit the number of characters in a %s format argument to fscanf or sscanf, that made it possible to remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string. CVE-2018-7440 The gplotMakeOutput function allowed command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname argument. This issue existed because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-3836. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2018-03-07 plugin id 107152 published 2018-03-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107152 title Debian DLA-1302-1 : leptonlib security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1302-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(107152); script_version("1.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-7186", "CVE-2018-7440"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1302-1 : leptonlib security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Different flaws have been found in leptonlib, an image processing library. CVE-2018-7186 Leptonica did not limit the number of characters in a %s format argument to fscanf or sscanf, that made it possible to remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string. CVE-2018-7440 The gplotMakeOutput function allowed command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname argument. This issue existed because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-3836. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.69-3.1+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your leptonlib packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. 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NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-226.NASL description This update for leptonica fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-7247: Fixed a buffer overflow in in src/viewfiles.c with unsanitized input (rootname) (boo#1081631) - CVE-2018-7186: Fixed multiple stack-based buffer overflows in gplotRead() and ptaReadStream() (boo#1081576) - CVE-2018-3836: Added additional bad characters, to prevent command injection by invoking it via $(command) (boo#1079358) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-03-07 plugin id 107181 published 2018-03-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107181 title openSUSE Security Update : leptonica (openSUSE-2018-226) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2018-226. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); 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script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1081576" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1081631" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected leptonica packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:leptonica-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:leptonica-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:leptonica-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:leptonica-tools-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblept4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblept4-32bit"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblept4-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:liblept4-debuginfo-32bit"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/07"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE42\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "42.3", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"leptonica-debugsource-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"leptonica-devel-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"leptonica-tools-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"leptonica-tools-debuginfo-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblept4-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"liblept4-debuginfo-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"liblept4-32bit-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"liblept4-debuginfo-32bit-1.72-9.1") ) flag++; 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NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-78570112DB.NASL description This update fixes CVE-2017-18196. ---- This update backports security fixes for CVE-2018-3836, CVE-2018-7186 and CVE-2018-7247. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-03-14 plugin id 108309 published 2018-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108309 title Fedora 26 : leptonica / mingw-leptonica (2018-78570112db) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-78570112db. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(108309); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-18196", "CVE-2018-3836", "CVE-2018-7186", "CVE-2018-7247"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-78570112db"); script_name(english:"Fedora 26 : leptonica / mingw-leptonica (2018-78570112db)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update fixes CVE-2017-18196. ---- This update backports security fixes for CVE-2018-3836, CVE-2018-7186 and CVE-2018-7247. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-78570112db" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected leptonica and / or mingw-leptonica packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:leptonica"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-leptonica"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/02/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^26([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 26", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC26", reference:"leptonica-1.74.4-5.fc26")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC26", reference:"mingw-leptonica-1.74.4-4.fc26")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "leptonica / mingw-leptonica"); }
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/890548
- https://bugs.debian.org/890548
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01