| Name | CVE-2018-16539 |
| Description | In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1504-1, DSA-4288-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 907332 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 | fixed |
| trixie | 10.02.1~dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
To not break cups with https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5392
an additional (no-security) followup fix is needed as:
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=150c8f69646b854a99f35f27edaae012eb2e900f
Cf. https://bugs.debian.org/908300