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.
References
Link Resource
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 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5 - () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5 -
References () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156 - () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156 -
References () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31 - () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31 -
References () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764 - () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764 -
References () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

07 Nov 2023, 02:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156', 'name': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764', 'name': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • {'url': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31', 'name': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5', 'name': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764 -
  • () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31 -
  • () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5 -
  • () http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156 -

Information

Published : 2018-09-05 06:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:52


NVD link : CVE-2018-16509

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16509

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16509


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_workstation

artifex

  • ghostscript
  • gpl_ghostscript

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux