Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Jan 11, 2017 | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfo | Jan 27, 2017 | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Mar 31, 2017 | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-text/ghostscript-gpl. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 23, 2017 |
| Ghostscript | — | Upgrade to Ghostscript version 9.21 | Oct 10, 2018 | May 23, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-cups | Nov 30, 2017 | May 23, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript to version 9.26-0.175.3.36.0.10.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Oct 19, 2018 | May 23, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-devel | Jan 5, 2017 | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscriptNo solution existsUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfo | Jan 5, 2017 | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-otherUpgrade ghostscript-omniUpgrade ghostscript-ijs-develUpgrade ghostscript-libraryUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-rusUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-stdUpgrade ghostscript-x11Upgrade libgimpprint-develUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade libgimpprint | Nov 3, 2016 | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade libgs9Upgrade ghostscript-xUpgrade libgs9-common | Dec 2, 2016 | Oct 11, 2016 |
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