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Use After Free Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.9

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-4865693
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018
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Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0229.

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

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.