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Use After Free Affecting libspectre1 package, versions <0.2.8-3.2.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBSPECTRE1-2762704
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 2 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libspectre1 to version 0.2.8-3.2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libspectre1 package and not the libspectre1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter.

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