CVE-2018-17961

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17961
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-15 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:54:00 UTC
DescriptionArtifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-209

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ghostscript - executeonly Bypass with errorhandler Setup - Linux local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
699816 – executeonly bypass with errorhandler setup CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
USN-3803-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4336-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - ghostscript: bypassing executeonly to escape -dSAFER sandbox (CVE-2018-17961) MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1682 - ghostscript: executeonly bypass with errorhandler setup - project-zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1552-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500208 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503950 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
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