CVE-2018-15908
published 2018-08-27CVE-2018-15908: In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.92%
77.5th percentile
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
Affected
18 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | <= 9.23 | — |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-3 | 9.22~dfsg-3 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-3 | 9.22~dfsg-3 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-3 | 9.22~dfsg-3 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-3 | 9.22~dfsg-3 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | ghostscript | < ghostscript 9.22~dfsg-3 (bookworm) | ghostscript 9.22~dfsg-3 (bookworm) |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
| systemd_project | systemd | >= 0 < 204-5ubuntu20.26 | 204-5ubuntu20.26 |
| systemd_project | systemd | >= 0 < 229-4ubuntu21.1 | 229-4ubuntu21.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-09-19
CVE-2018-11645 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Title: Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.
Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user
or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file,
a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary
files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
vendor_redhat·2018-08-21·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-15908 [HIGH] ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
It was discovered that the ghostscript .tempfile function did not properly handle file permissions. An attacker could possibly exploit this to exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and delete files or disclose their content via a specially crafted PostScript document.
Mitigation: Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748#c3
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: mediawiki (Red Hat OpenShi
Debian
CVE-2018-15908: ghostscript - In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply mali...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-15908 [HIGH] CVE-2018-15908: ghostscript - In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply mali...
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3)
GHSA
GHSA-446g-9pj4-3cgr: In Artifex Ghostscript 9
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-15908 [HIGH] GHSA-446g-9pj4-3cgr: In Artifex Ghostscript 9
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
OSV
CVE-2018-15908: In Artifex Ghostscript 9
osv·2018-08-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-15908 [HIGH] CVE-2018-15908: In Artifex Ghostscript 9
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
OSV
systemd vulnerabilities
osv·2018-02-05·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-15908 systemd vulnerabilities
systemd vulnerabilities
Karim Hossen & Thomas Imbert and Nelson William Gamazo Sanchez
independently discovered that systemd-resolved incorrectly handled certain
DNS responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
systemd to temporarily stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-15908)
It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled automounted volumes. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1049)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-15908 ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-11-28·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-15908 [HIGH] CVE-2018-15908 ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-15908 ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657) [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported ver
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-15908 ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
bugzilla·2018-08-21·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-15908 [HIGH] CVE-2018-15908 ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
CVE-2018-15908 ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
It was discovered that the ghostscript .tempfile function did not properly handle file permissions. A specially crafted PostScript document could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and delete files or disclose their content.
Discussion:
External References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
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Mitigation:
Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748#c3
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Patch:
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=0d3901189f
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Acknowledgments:
Name: Tavis Ormandy (Google Project Zero)
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Via RHSA-2018:3650 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
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Created gh
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
2018-08-27
Published