CVE-2018-16509
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| artifex / ghostscript | - | 9.24 |
| 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_desktop | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.5 | 7.5.x |
| artifex / gpl_ghostscript | - | 9.26 |
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
- 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.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/
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