CVE-2018-19409

Publication date 21 November 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3831-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 29 November 2018

Other references