CVE-2018-16509

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-09-05 06:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

Artifex Ghostscript

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.5

7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

Artifex GPL Ghostscript

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5

Third Party Advisory

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156

Third Party Advisory

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31

Third Party Advisory

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764

Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

105122

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

RHSA-2018:2918

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2018:3760

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201811-12

Third Party Advisory

USN-3768-1

Third Party Advisory

https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/

Vendor Advisory

DSA-4294

Third Party Advisory

45369

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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