CVE-2018-15908

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.

Published: Aug 27, 2018
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2018-15908
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
artifex / ghostscript	-	9.23.x
debian / debian_linux	8.0	8.0.x
debian / debian_linux	9.0	9.0.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	16.04	16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	14.04	14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	18.04	18.04.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.6	7.6.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6	7.6.x

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928

Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2018-15908