| Name | CVE-2018-16585 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup phase). This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: A reputable source believes that the CVE is potentially a duplicate of CVE-2018-15910 as explained in Red Hat bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193) |
| 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 | 908305 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u13 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u13 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u10 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | source | experimental | 9.25~dfsg-1~exp1 | |||
| ghostscript | source | jessie | 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u8 | DLA-1504-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | stretch | 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4 | DSA-4288-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 9.25~dfsg-1 | 908305 |
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1497d65039885a52b598b137dd8622bd4672f9be
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=971472c83a345a16dac9f90f91258bb22dd77f22
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699663