CVE-2018-17961

Artifex 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.

CVSS v3 8.6 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:55

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0 -~~	() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0 -
References	~~() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63 -~~	() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63 -
References	~~() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94 -~~	() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94 -
References	~~() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2 - Patch, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/ - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry~~	() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Information

Published : 2018-10-15 16:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:55

NVD link : CVE-2018-17961

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17961

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-17961

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

redhat

enterprise_linux_workstation
enterprise_linux_server_aus
enterprise_linux_server
enterprise_linux_server_eus
enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_server_tus

canonical

ubuntu_linux

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

CWE-209

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

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8.6 /10