CVE-2018-15908
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 27 Aug 2018, 17:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 10:10
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100 CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.32% LOW
0% probability +0.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
27 Aug 2018, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 10:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.32%• Percentile: 55%
Affected Systems
- Unknown•Ghostscript
≤ 9.23
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server
7.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.6
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus
7.6
- redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation
7.0
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html