vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-8291: Important: ghostscript security update (RHSA-2017:1230)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 26, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 26, 2017
Added
May 12, 2017
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-ghostscriptredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ghostscript-develredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-docredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk
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