CVE-2018-17183
First published: Wed Sep 19 2018(Updated: )
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex Ghostscript | <9.25 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| redhat/ghostscript | <9.26 | 9.26 |
| debian/ghostscript | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u8 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 10.04.0~dfsg-1 |
Remedy
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624
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Reference Links
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-17183
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1632472
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699832
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1778db6bc10
- https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16509
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16509
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632471
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17183
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17183
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17183
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17183
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