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SUSE: CVE-2018-16509: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16509: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/05/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/03/2018
Modified
10/22/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-other
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-rus
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-std
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-ijs-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-library
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-mini
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-mini-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-omni
  • suse-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • suse-upgrade-libgimpprint
  • suse-upgrade-libgimpprint-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libspectre-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libspectre1

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3330-1
  • USN-3768-1
  • DSA-4294
  • CVE-2018-16509
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