CVE-2018-18284

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18284
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-19 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionArtifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Gpl 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
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All All All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All 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
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
myF5 support.f5.com
Ghostscript CVE-2018-18284 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - ghostscript: 1Policy operator gives access to .forceput CVE-2018-18284 MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1696 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch
Public KB - SA44101 - 2019-04: Out-of-Cycle Advisory: Multiple vulnerabilities resolved in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure 9.0RX CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
699963 – 1Policy is a dangerous operator, any callers should be odef MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757 CONFIRM support.f5.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit 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
  • 710304 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12)
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