BSA-2018-708
21639
21 September 2018
20 September 2018
Closed
Low
7.5
N/A
CVE-2018-16509
Summary
Security Advisory ID : BSA-2018-708
Component : Ghostscript
Revision : 1.0: Final
Ghostscript contains an optional -dSAFER option, which is supposed to prevent unsafe PostScript operations. Multiple PostScript operations bypass the protections provided by -dSAFER, which can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with arbitrary arguments. This vulnerability can also be exploited in applications that leverage Ghostscript, such as ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, evince, Okular, Nautilus, and others.Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available.
Impact
By causing Ghostscript or a program that leverages Ghostscript to parse a specially-crafted file, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Ghostscript code. This action may be triggered with actions as simple as downloading a file from a website. More information at: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
Affected Products
No Brocade Fibre Channel technology products from Broadcom are currently known to be affected by this vulnerability.
Revision History
Version | Change | Date |
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1.0 | Initial Publication | Semptember 20, 2018 |