CVE-2018-15909
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | ghostscript | Not affected (10.01.2-r0) |
| Stream | ghostscript | Not affected (10.01.2-r0) |
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928