CVE-2018-19409

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Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346

https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-11-21

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4

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_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (26 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
146633Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2021-1598)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
critical
127227NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0046)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
high
124887EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1384)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
123895EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1209)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
123891EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1205)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
123151openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2019-1007)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
122376EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1049)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
122284Fedora 28 : ghostscript (2019-82acb29c1b)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
122169EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1022)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
122103Fedora 29 : ghostscript (2019-077a3f23c0)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
121276EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.1 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1016)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
120992EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1004)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
120186SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
119901EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2018-1412)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
119883Scientific Linux Security Update : ghostscript on SL7.x x86_64 (20181217)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
119757Oracle Linux 7 : ghostscript (ELSA-2018-3834)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
119754CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2018:3834)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
119736RHEL 7 : ghostscript (RHSA-2018:3834)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
119713openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2018-1556)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
119711openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2018-1552)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
119651SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:4090-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
119301Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-3831-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
119269Debian DSA-4346-1 : ghostscript - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
119267Debian DLA-1598-1 : ghostscript security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
119240Artifex Ghostscript < 9.26 PostScript Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
119132GLSA-201811-12 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high