CVE-2018-16509

NameCVE-2018-16509
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1504-1, DSA-4294-1
Debian Bugs907332, 907703

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ghostscript (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u13fixed
stretch (security)9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9fixed
stretch (lts), stretch9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u13fixed
buster, buster (lts)9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u10fixed
buster (security)9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9fixed
bullseye9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7fixed
bullseye (security)9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9fixed
bookworm10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5fixed
bookworm (security)10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6fixed
sid, trixie10.04.0~dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ghostscriptsourceexperimental9.25~dfsg-1~exp1
ghostscriptsourcejessie9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u8DLA-1504-1
ghostscriptsourcestretch9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u5DSA-4294-1
ghostscriptsource(unstable)9.25~dfsg-1907332, 907703

Notes

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
Partially fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3, see #907703

Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems