CVE-2018-18284

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-10-19 22:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-05 21:15:00

Affected Software

Artifex Ghostscript

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

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

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10

18.10

Artifex GPL Ghostscript

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Telecommunications Update Service (TUS) 7.6

7.6

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a4c5ea0b

Patch

[oss-security] 20181016 ghostscript: 1Policy operator gives access to .forceput CVE-2018-18284

Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

107451

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

RHSA-2018:3834

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101

Patch, Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20181022 [SECURITY] [DLA 1552-1] ghostscript security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201811-12

Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS

USN-3803-1

Third Party Advisory

DSA-4336

Third Party Advisory

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