CVE-2018-18284

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

CVSS v3.0 8.6 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.6^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2	Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a4c5ea0b	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12	Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834	Third Party Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451	VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::*
	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_tus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*

Configuration 6 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-10-19 15:29

Updated : 2019-11-05 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-18284

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18284

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_server_aus
enterprise_linux_workstation
enterprise_linux_server_tus
enterprise_linux_server_eus
enterprise_linux_server

pulsesecure

pulse_connect_secure

artifex

ghostscript
gpl_ghostscript

canonical

ubuntu_linux

debian

debian_linux

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8.6 /10