Link following in tesseract and Debian Linux - CVE-2011-1136
Published: November 14, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35068
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1136
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to manipulate data.
In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to the user's file.
Affected software
tesseract
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1136
Install update from vendor's website.