medium5.5
CVE-2018-16539
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose con…
Impact
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Ghostscript | before 9.24 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Version 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Version 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | Version 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288