CVE-2017-8291
Published: 26 April 2017
Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | introduced regression (LP: #1687614); needs upstream commits 57f20719e1cfaea77b67cb26e26de7fe4d7f9b2e and ccfd2c75ac9be4cbd369e4cbdd40ba11a0c7bdad |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5)
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| trusty |
Released
(9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7)
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4)
|
|
| yakkety |
Released
(9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4)
|
|
| zesty |
Released
(9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2)
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|
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Patches: upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f83478c88 upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=04b37bbce1 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 (duplicate of 697799)
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697799
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/27/10
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8291
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian