Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-2528533
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Aug 2018

Introduced: 28 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15911  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3834.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.