CVE-2018-17961
Published: 15 October 2018
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2)
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cosmic |
Released
(9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1)
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trusty |
Released
(9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
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upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Released
(9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
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Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a54c9e61e7d0 upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a6807394bd94 upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a5a9bf8c6a63 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.6 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |