PT-2018-3206 · Artifex+3 · Ghostscript+3

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2018-09-05 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-16543

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 Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24

Description The issue is related to the gssetresolution and gsgetresolution components in Ghostscript, which contain unused code. This can allow an attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24, update to version 9.24 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the gssetresolution and gsgetresolution functions until a patch is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-561

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

BDU:2019-04348

CVE-2018-16543

DLA-1527-1

DLA-1527-2

DSA-4288-1

MGASA-2018-0378

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3036-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3038-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3

SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1

USN-3768-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ghostscript

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 116

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16542 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16543 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3768-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16543 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15911 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1527-1 · Vendor Advisory