PT-2018-3210 · Artifex+5 · Ghostscript+5

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2018-09-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-17183

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 versions prior to 9.25

Description The issue arises from insufficient input validation in the Ghostscript software, allowing remote attackers who can supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers and inject code. This could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.25, update to version 9.25 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Ghostscript software to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

BDU:2019-04352

CESA-2018_3834

CVE-2018-17183

DLA-1527-1

DSA-4294-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3036-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3038-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_4138-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_4140-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

RHSA-2018:3834

RHSA-2018_3834

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3

SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4090-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4090-2

SUSE-SU-2018_4087-1

SUSE-SU-2018_4090-1

SUSE-SU-2018_4090-2

USN-3773-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 105

• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16510 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17183 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:4090-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3773-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4294-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17183 · Security Note