Insecure Temporary File Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (58th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-2131238
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 6 Sep 2018
Introduced: 6 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16539 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.1 or higher.
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 Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16539
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b