Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0023
EPSS Percentile
46.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (11)
artifex/ghostscript
< 9.23
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
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
... and 1 more
Published
Aug 27, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026