CVE-2018-18284 Affecting libgs-devel package, versions <0:9.25-5.amzn2
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed19 Oct 2018
Introduced: 19 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18284 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libgs-devel to version 0:9.25-5.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1598.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgs-devel package and not the libgs-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a4c5ea0b
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18284
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a4c5ea0b
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS