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CVE-2018-17961

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Date: October 15, 2018

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

Language: C

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Related Resources (16)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17961
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17961
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17961
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17961
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-17961

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

CWE-209

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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