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CVE-2018-16509

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.

Published

2018-09-05T06:29:00.483

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:52:52.610

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Application	artifex	ghostscript	< 9.24	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.5	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	< 9.26	Yes

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5 ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156 ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31 ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)