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.
Priority
High
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4)
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7])
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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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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | introduced regression (LP: #1687614); needs upstream commits 57f20719e1cfaea77b67cb26e26de7fe4d7f9b2e and ccfd2c75ac9be4cbd369e4cbdd40ba11a0c7bdad |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8291
- 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
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian