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BDU:2020-01871 (CVE-2018-16540)

Vulnerability from fstec – Published: 2020-04-29 – Updated: 2020-04-29 – View on bdu.fstec.ru Fixed

Title

Уязвимость встроенного конвертера PDF14 набора программного обеспечения для обработки, преобразования и генерации документов Ghostscript, позволяющая нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании

Summary

Уязвимость встроенного конвертера PDF14 набора программного обеспечения для обработки, преобразования и генерации документов Ghostscript связана с использованием памяти после ее освобождения. Эксплуатация уязвимости может позволить нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании с помощью специально сформированного PostScript-файла

Severity

6.9 (Medium) CVSS 2.0


                      
                        AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

7.8 (High) CVSS 3.0


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

Class

Code vulnerability

Status

Confirmed by the vendor

Exploitation

Data structure manipulation

Incidents

Being clarified

Remediation

Software update

CWE

CWE-416 - Использование после освобождения

Aliases

CVE-2018-16540

References

9 references

URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba8…
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

Impacted products

5 products from 6 vendors

Vendors

Canonical Ltd., Red Hat, Inc., Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, Novell Inc., Artifex Software Inc.

Products

Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, OpenSUSE Leap, Ghostscript

Versions

14.04 LTS (Ubuntu), 7 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), 16.04 LTS (Ubuntu), 9 (Debian GNU/Linux), 42.3 (OpenSUSE Leap), 18.04 LTS (Ubuntu), до 9.24 (Ghostscript), 15.0 (OpenSUSE Leap), 8 (Debian GNU/Linux)

Product types

Operating system, Application software

Platforms

Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux 9, Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap 42.3, Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap 15.0, Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux 8

Mitigations

Использование рекомендаций: Для Ghostscript: https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661 Для программных продуктов Novell Inc.: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16540/ Для Ubuntu: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Для Debian GNU/Linux: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Для программных продуктов Red Hat Inc.: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16540

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  "CVSS 3.0": "AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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  "\u041d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0438\u0435 \u044d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u043b\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0430": "\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0443\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044f\u044e\u0442\u0441\u044f",
  "\u041e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043a\u0438 CWE": "\u0418\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f (CWE-416)",
  "\u041e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438": "\u0423\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430 PDF14 \u043d\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0438, \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0438 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0434\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 Ghostscript \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0441 \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0435\u0435 \u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f. \u042d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u043b\u0443\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044e \u0432\u044b\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0437 \u0432 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0441 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0449\u044c\u044e \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e PostScript-\u0444\u0430\u0439\u043b\u0430",
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  "\u0421\u0432\u044f\u0437\u044c \u0441 \u0438\u043d\u0446\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0418\u0411": "\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0443\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044f\u044e\u0442\u0441\u044f",
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  "\u0421\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431 \u044d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u043b\u0443\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438": "\u041c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043f\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445",
  "\u0421\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e \nhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 \nhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 \nhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661 \nhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html \nhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 \nhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ \nhttps://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ \nhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288",
  "\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0441 \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438": "\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c",
  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u041f\u041e": "\u041e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430, \u041f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u041f\u041e \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c",
  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043a\u0438 CWE": "CWE-416",
  "\u0423\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0443\u044f\u0437\u0432\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438": "\u0421\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 (\u0431\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430 CVSS 2.0 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 6,9)\n\u0412\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 (\u0431\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430 CVSS 3.0 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 7,8)"
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CVE-2018-16540 (GCVE-0-2018-16540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-05 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24

Summary

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

9 references

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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=co…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661	x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Date Public

2018-09-05 00:00

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