CVE-2016-7977

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3