Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:17853Arbitrary Code Execution
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
ghostscript is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution attacks. This vulnerability exists due to not validating the parametes of ghostscript function .initialize_dsc_parser before using it. Remote attackers could inject a specially crafted postscript document that could cause a crash code execution in the context of the gs process.
References
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0014
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P