vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-16509: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2018-1088)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 5, 2018 | Apr 27, 2020 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 5, 2018
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
Description
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.
Solution(s)
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscriptamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-docamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk
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