CVE-2018-15911MEDIUM
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
References
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=8e9ce5016db968b40e4ec255a3005f2786cce45f
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699665
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-08-28
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-908
Risk Information
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: HIGH
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Configuration 3
OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 9.23 (inclusive)
Configuration 4
OR
Configuration 5
OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 6
OR
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127227 | NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0046) | Nessus | NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks | high |
| 124887 | EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1384) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 124766 | Pulse Connect Secure Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA44101) | Nessus | Misc. | high |
| 123895 | EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1209) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 123891 | EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1205) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 123326 | openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2019-759) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 122376 | EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1049) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 122169 | EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1022) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 121276 | EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.1 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1016) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 120992 | EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1004) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 120572 | Fedora 29 : ghostscript (2018-81ee973d7c) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 120437 | Fedora 28 : ghostscript (2018-56221eb24b) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 120116 | SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 119901 | EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2018-1412) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 119883 | Scientific Linux Security Update : ghostscript on SL7.x x86_64 (20181217) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 119757 | Oracle Linux 7 : ghostscript (ELSA-2018-3834) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 119754 | CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2018:3834) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 119736 | RHEL 7 : ghostscript (RHSA-2018:3834) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 119132 | GLSA-201811-12 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | high |
| 118298 | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 118043 | Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2018-1088) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 117980 | openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2018-1123) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 117979 | openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2018-1122) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 117901 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 117595 | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-3768-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 117487 | Debian DLA-1504-1 : ghostscript security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 117459 | Artifex Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus | Windows | medium |
| 117372 | Fedora 27 : ghostscript (2018-28447b6f2e) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 117369 | Debian DSA-4288-1 : ghostscript - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | medium |
| 112281 | FreeBSD : Ghostscript -- arbitrary code execution (30c0f878-b03e-11e8-be8a-0011d823eebd) | Nessus | FreeBSD Local Security Checks | medium |