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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-11645: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2018-1088)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-11645: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2018-1088)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/01/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.21rc1 permits the status command even if -dSAFER is used, which might allow remote attackers to determine the existence and size of arbitrary files, a similar issue to CVE-2016-7977.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-cups
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk

References

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