SB2018090514 - Input validation error in Ghostscript
Published: September 5, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018090514
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16543)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allow attackers to have an unspecified impact.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5b5536fa88a9e885032bc0df3852c3439399a5c0
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699670
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288