CVE-2018-15910

Public on 2018-08-27
Modified on 2018-10-10
Description
It was discovered that the type of the LockDistillerParams parameter is not properly verified. An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a specially crafted PostScript document.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core ghostscript 2018-10-08 ALAS2-2018-1088 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2018-15910 Mitre: CVE-2018-15910