medium5.5
CVE-2016-7977
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .li…
Impact
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Ghostscript | through 9.20 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
- https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
- https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31