Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-2132802
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 9 Oct 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.6 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.

Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None