CVE-2018-16539

Publication date 5 September 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13

Notes


mdeslaur

second commit fixes regression

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references