openSUSE: Security Advisory for ghostscript (openSUSE-SU-2018:3038-1)
🗓️ 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbHType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 527 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Ghostscript affect PowerKVM | 4 Mar 201905:50 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Ghostscript affect PowerKVM | 17 Dec 201814:30 | – | ibm | |
| Exploit for CVE-2018-16509 | 15 Oct 201807:44 | – | githubexploit | |
| Ghostscript -- arbitrary code execution | 21 Aug 201800:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2018-16863 | 3 Dec 201817:29 | – | attackerkb | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2018-1088) | 11 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2021-1598) | 19 Feb 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2018-1137) | 21 Dec 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2018:2918) | 16 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2018:3650) | 14 Dec 201800:00 | – | nessus |
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# Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851986");
script_version("2025-02-28T05:38:49+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15908", "CVE-2018-15909", "CVE-2018-15910", "CVE-2018-15911", "CVE-2018-16509", "CVE-2018-16510", "CVE-2018-16511", "CVE-2018-16513", "CVE-2018-16539", "CVE-2018-16540", "CVE-2018-16541", "CVE-2018-16542", "CVE-2018-16543", "CVE-2018-16585", "CVE-2018-16802", "CVE-2018-17183");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-02-28 05:38:49 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-10-26 06:27:07 +0200 (Fri, 26 Oct 2018)");
script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for ghostscript (openSUSE-SU-2018:3038-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap15\.0");
script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2018:3038-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00012.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'ghostscript'
package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2018:3038-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for ghostscript to version 9.25 fixes the following issues:
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-17183: Remote attackers were be able to supply crafted
PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject
code (bsc#1109105)
- CVE-2018-15909: Prevent type confusion using the .shfill operator that
could have been used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript
files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code (bsc#1106172).
- CVE-2018-15908: Prevent attackers that are able to supply malicious
PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files
(bsc#1106171).
- CVE-2018-15910: Prevent a type confusion in the LockDistillerParams
parameter that could have been used to crash the interpreter or execute
code (bsc#1106173).
- CVE-2018-15911: Prevent use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode
operator that could have been used to crash the interpreter or
potentially execute code (bsc#1106195).
- CVE-2018-16513: Prevent a type confusion in the setcolor function that
could have been used to crash the interpreter or possibly have
unspecified other impact (bsc#1107412).
- CVE-2018-16509: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking during
handling
of /invalidaccess exceptions could be have been used by attackers able
to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe'
instruction (bsc#1107410).
- CVE-2018-16510: Incorrect exec stack handling in the 'CS' and 'SC' PDF
primitives could have been used by remote attackers able to supply
crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other
impact (bsc#1107411).
- CVE-2018-16542: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted PostScript
files from using insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during
error handling to crash the interpreter (bsc#1107413).
- CVE-2018-16541: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted PostScript
files from using incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash
the interpreter (bsc#1107421).
- CVE-2018-16540: Prevent use-after-free in copydevice handling that could
have been used to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified
other impact (bsc#1107420).
- CVE-2018-16539: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted PostScript
files from using incorrect access checking in temp file handling to
disclose contents
of files on the system otherwise not readable (bsc#1107422).
- CVE-2018-16543: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allowed attackers to
have an unspecified impact (bsc#1107423).
- CVE-2018-16511: A type confusion in 'zty ...
Description truncated, please see the referenced URL(s) for more information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ghostscript on openSUSE Leap 15.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "openSUSELeap15.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript", rpm:"ghostscript~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-debuginfo", rpm:"ghostscript-debuginfo~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-debugsource", rpm:"ghostscript-debugsource~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-devel", rpm:"ghostscript-devel~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-mini", rpm:"ghostscript-mini~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-mini-debuginfo", rpm:"ghostscript-mini-debuginfo~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-mini-debugsource", rpm:"ghostscript-mini-debugsource~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-mini-devel", rpm:"ghostscript-mini-devel~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-x11", rpm:"ghostscript-x11~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ghostscript-x11-debuginfo", rpm:"ghostscript-x11-debuginfo~9.25~lp150.2.6.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libspectre-debugsource", rpm:"libspectre-debugsource~0.2.8~lp150.2.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libspectre-devel", rpm:"libspectre-devel~0.2.8~lp150.2.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libspectre1", rpm:"libspectre1~0.2.8~lp150.2.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libspectre1-debuginfo", rpm:"libspectre1-debuginfo~0.2.8~lp150.2.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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