CVE-2018-19409 Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26~dfsg-1
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- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed21 Nov 2018
Introduced: 21 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19409 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 ghostscript to version 9.26~dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19409
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19409
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19409
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f