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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-doc | Apr 27, 2020 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Dec 21, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfo | Oct 17, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Sep 18, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-text/ghostscript-gpl. | Nov 26, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Ghostscript | — | Upgrade to Ghostscript version 9.24 | Oct 10, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-cups | Dec 31, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | Dec 11, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-cups | Dec 4, 2018 | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-develNo solution existsUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-cups | Oct 17, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ghostscript-fonts-rusUpgrade libgimpprint-develUpgrade ghostscript-miniUpgrade ghostscript-libraryUpgrade ghostscript-fonts-stdUpgrade libspectre1Upgrade ghostscript-fonts-otherUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-ijs-develUpgrade libspectre-develUpgrade ghostscript-x11Upgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade libgimpprintUpgrade ghostscript-mini-develUpgrade ghostscript-omni | Oct 3, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade libgs9 | Oct 2, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 |
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