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CVE-2018-11645

Publication date 1 June 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.21rc1 permits the status command even if -dSAFER is used, which might allow remote attackers to determine the existence and size of arbitrary files, a similar issue to CVE-2016-7977.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3768-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 19 September 2018

Other references