PT-2017-19139 · Artifex+2 · Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps+2

Published 2017-07-26 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-9726

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which includes a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted document. This is due to a problem in the Ins MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c.

Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21, consider restricting the processing of crafted documents until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the Ins MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9726

DLA-1048-1

DSA-3986-1

MGASA-2017-0355

SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1

USN-3403-1

Affected Products

Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 52

• 🔥 http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=7755e67116e8973ee0e3b22d653df026a84fa01b · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9611 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3986-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0355 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0355.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11714 · Vendor Advisory