Information Exposure Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.06-8.amzn2.0.5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-1665956
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed5 Sept 2018

Introduced: 5 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.06-8.amzn2.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1088.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-cups package and not the ghostscript-cups package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.