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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-8291: Important: ghostscript security update (CESA-2017:1230)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-8291: Important: ghostscript security update (CESA-2017:1230)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/26/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/19/2017
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-cups
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-devel
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk

References

  • 98476
  • DLA-932-1
  • DSA-3838
  • CVE-2017-8291
  • RHSA-2017:1230
  • USN-3272-1
  • USN-3272-2
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