An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es) :

* ghostscript: Incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement (699664) (CVE-2018-16541)

* ghostscript: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking when running out of stack during exception handling (CVE-2018-16802)

* ghostscript: User-writable error exception table (CVE-2018-17183)

* ghostscript: Saved execution stacks can leak operator arrays (incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183) (CVE-2018-17961)

* ghostscript: Saved execution stacks can leak operator arrays (CVE-2018-18073)

* ghostscript: 1Policy operator allows a sandbox protection bypass (CVE-2018-18284)

* ghostscript: Type confusion in setpattern (700141) (CVE-2018-19134)

* ghostscript: Improperly implemented security check in zsetdevice function in psi/zdevice.c (CVE-2018-19409)

* ghostscript: Uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator (699665) (CVE-2018-15911)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy (Google Project Zero) for reporting CVE-2018-16541.

Bug Fix(es) :

* It has been found that ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1 introduced regression during the handling of shading objects, causing a 'Dropping incorrect smooth shading object' warning. With this update, the regression has been fixed and the described problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1657822)

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - ghostscript: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege'     checking when running out of stack during exception     handling (CVE-2018-16802)

  - ghostscript: User-writable error exception table     (CVE-2018-17183)

  - ghostscript: Saved execution stacks can leak operator     arrays (incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183)     (CVE-2018-17961)

  - ghostscript: Saved execution stacks can leak operator     arrays (CVE-2018-18073)

  - ghostscript: 1Policy operator allows a sandbox     protection bypass (CVE-2018-18284)

  - ghostscript: Type confusion in setpattern (700141)     (CVE-2018-19134)

  - ghostscript: Improperly implemented security check in     zsetdevice function in psi/zdevice.c (CVE-2018-19409)

  - ghostscript: Uninitialized memory access in the     aesdecode operator (699665) (CVE-2018-15911)

  - ghostscript: incomplete fix for CVE-2018-16509     (CVE-2018-16863)

  - ghostscript: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution memory     corruption(CVE-2018-16543)

  - ghostscript: use-after-free in copydevice     handling(CVE-2018-16540)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the ghostscript package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript .tempfile     function did not properly handle file permissions. An     attacker could possibly exploit this to exploit this to     bypass the -dSAFER protection and delete files or     disclose their content via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15908i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript .shfill operator     did not properly validate certain types. An attacker     could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER     protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a     specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15909i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that ghostscript did not properly     verify the key used in aesdecode. An attacker could     possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection     and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary     code in the ghostscript context via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15911i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript .type operator     did not properly validate its operands. A specially     crafted PostScript document could exploit this to crash     ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the     context of the ghostscript process.i1/4^CVE-2018-16511i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript did not properly     restrict access to files open prior to enabling the
    -dSAFER mode. An attacker could possibly exploit this     to bypass the -dSAFER protection and disclose the     content of affected files via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16539i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript device cleanup     did not properly handle devices replaced with a null     device. An attacker could possibly exploit this to     bypass the -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or,     possibly, execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript     context via a specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16541i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before     9.25. Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking     when running out of stack during exception handling     could be used by attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe'     instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-16509.i1/4^CVE-2018-16802i1/4%0

  - It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix     CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit     another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER     protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell     commands via a specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16863i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable     error exception table, which could be used by remote     attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to     potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to     inject code.i1/4^CVE-2018-17183i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers     to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists     because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-17183.i1/4^CVE-2018-17961i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a     sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of     system operators in the saved execution stack in an     error object.i1/4^CVE-2018-18073i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers     to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving the 1Policy operator.i1/4^CVE-2018-18284i1/4%0

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.25, the setpattern     operator did not properly validate certain types. A     specially crafted PostScript document could exploit     this to crash Ghostscript or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code in the context of the Ghostscript     process. This is a type confusion issue because of     failure to check whether the Implementation of a     pattern dictionary was a structure     type.i1/4^CVE-2018-19134i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before     9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if     another device is used.i1/4^CVE-2018-19409i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the ghostscript package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - It was discovered that ghostscript did not properly     verify the key used in aesdecode. An attacker could     possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection     and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary     code in the ghostscript context via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15911i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before     9.25. Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking     when running out of stack during exception handling     could be used by attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe'     instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-16509.i1/4^CVE-2018-16802i1/4%0

  - It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix     CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit     another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER     protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell     commands via a specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16863i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable     error exception table, which could be used by remote     attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to     potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to     inject code.i1/4^CVE-2018-17183i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers     to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists     because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-17183.i1/4^CVE-2018-17961i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a     sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of     system operators in the saved execution stack in an     error object.i1/4^CVE-2018-18073i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers     to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving the 1Policy operator.i1/4^CVE-2018-18284i1/4%0

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.25, the setpattern     operator did not properly validate certain types. A     specially crafted PostScript document could exploit     this to crash Ghostscript or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code in the context of the Ghostscript     process. This is a type confusion issue because of     failure to check whether the Implementation of a     pattern dictionary was a structure     type.i1/4^CVE-2018-19134i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before     9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if     another device is used.i1/4^CVE-2018-19409i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.25-5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1598 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by     remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to     inject code. (CVE-2018-17183)

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
    (CVE-2018-17961)

  - Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of     system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object. (CVE-2018-18073)

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving the 1Policy operator. (CVE-2018-18284)

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.25, the setpattern operator did not properly validate certain types. A     specially crafted PostScript document could exploit this to crash Ghostscript or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code in the context of the Ghostscript process. This is a type confusion issue because of     failure to check whether the Implementation of a pattern dictionary was a structure type. (CVE-2018-19134)

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if     another device is used. (CVE-2018-19409)

  - psi/zdevice2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access     restrictions because available stack space is not checked when the device remains the same.
    (CVE-2018-19475)

  - psi/zicc.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access     restrictions because of a setcolorspace type confusion. (CVE-2018-19476)

  - psi/zfjbig2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access     restrictions because of a JBIG2Decode type confusion. (CVE-2018-19477)

  - A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator procedure where it     did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A     specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file     system, or execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-14811)

  - A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 procedure where it     did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A     specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file     system, or execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-14812)

  - A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams procedure where it did     not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially     crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or     execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-14813)

  - A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures where     it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A     specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file     system, or execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-14817)

  - A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it     did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An     attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate     privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.
    (CVE-2019-14869)

  - It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before     9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the     file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. (CVE-2019-3835)

  - It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript     before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access     to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. (CVE-2019-3838)

  - It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after     the CVE-2019-6116 fix. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example,     have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. Ghostscript versions before     9.27 are vulnerable. (CVE-2019-3839)

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system     operators, leading to remote code execution. (CVE-2019-6116)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for ghostscript to version 9.25 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2018-17183: Remote attackers were be able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code (bsc#1109105)

CVE-2018-15909: Prevent type confusion using the .shfill operator that could have been used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code (bsc#1106172).

CVE-2018-15908: Prevent attackers that are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files (bsc#1106171).

CVE-2018-15910: Prevent a type confusion in the LockDistillerParams parameter that could have been used to crash the interpreter or execute code (bsc#1106173).

CVE-2018-15911: Prevent use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator that could have been used to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code (bsc#1106195).

CVE-2018-16513: Prevent a type confusion in the setcolor function that could have been used to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1107412).

CVE-2018-16509: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be have been used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe' instruction (bsc#1107410).

CVE-2018-16510: Incorrect exec stack handling in the 'CS' and 'SC' PDF primitives could have been used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1107411).

CVE-2018-16542: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files from using insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during error handling to crash the interpreter (bsc#1107413).

CVE-2018-16541: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files from using incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter (bsc#1107421).

CVE-2018-16540: Prevent use-after-free in copydevice handling that could have been used to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1107420).

CVE-2018-16539: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files from using incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable (bsc#1107422).

CVE-2018-16543: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allowed attackers to have an unspecified impact (bsc#1107423).

CVE-2018-16511: A type confusion in 'ztype' could have been used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1107426).

CVE-2018-16585: The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command was accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup phase). This lead to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1107581).

CVE-2018-16802: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking when running out of stack during exception handling could have been used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe' instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-16509 (bsc#1108027).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for ghostscript to version 9.25 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2018-17183: Remote attackers were be able to supply     crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace     error handlers to inject code (bsc#1109105)

  - CVE-2018-15909: Prevent type confusion using the .shfill     operator that could have been used by attackers able to     supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter     or potentially execute code (bsc#1106172).

  - CVE-2018-15908: Prevent attackers that are able to     supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile     restrictions and write files (bsc#1106171).

  - CVE-2018-15910: Prevent a type confusion in the     LockDistillerParams parameter that could have been used     to crash the interpreter or execute code (bsc#1106173).

  - CVE-2018-15911: Prevent use uninitialized memory access     in the aesdecode operator that could have been used to     crash the interpreter or potentially execute code     (bsc#1106195).

  - CVE-2018-16513: Prevent a type confusion in the setcolor     function that could have been used to crash the     interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact     (bsc#1107412).

  - CVE-2018-16509: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege'     checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions     could be have been used by attackers able to supply     crafted PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe'     instruction (bsc#1107410).

  - CVE-2018-16510: Incorrect exec stack handling in the     'CS' and 'SC' PDF primitives could have been used by     remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash     the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other     impact (bsc#1107411).

  - CVE-2018-16542: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript files from using insufficient interpreter     stack-size checking during error handling to crash the     interpreter (bsc#1107413).

  - CVE-2018-16541: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript files from using incorrect free logic in     pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter     (bsc#1107421).

  - CVE-2018-16540: Prevent use-after-free in copydevice     handling that could have been used to crash the     interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact     (bsc#1107420).

  - CVE-2018-16539: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript files from using incorrect access checking in     temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the     system otherwise not readable (bsc#1107422).

  - CVE-2018-16543: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution     allowed attackers to have an unspecified impact     (bsc#1107423).

  - CVE-2018-16511: A type confusion in 'ztype' could have     been used by remote attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have     unspecified other impact (bsc#1107426).

  - CVE-2018-16585: The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command     was accepted even though it is not intended for use     during document processing (e.g., after the startup     phase). This lead to memory corruption, allowing remote     attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the     interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact     (bsc#1107581).

  - CVE-2018-16802: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege'     checking when running out of stack during exception     handling could have been used by attackers able to     supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the     'pipe' instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-16509 (bsc#1108027).

These non-security issues were fixed :

  - Fixes problems with argument handling, some unintended     results of the security fixes to the SAFER file access     restrictions (specifically accessing ICC profile files).

  - Avoid that ps2epsi fails with 'Error: /undefined in
    --setpagedevice--'

For additional changes please check http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.25/News.htm and the changes file of the package. This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

This update for ghostscript to version 9.26 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-19475: Fixed bypass of an intended access restriction in psi/zdevice2.c (bsc#1117327)

CVE-2018-19476: Fixed bypass of an intended access restriction in psi/zicc.c (bsc#1117313)

CVE-2018-19477: Fixed bypass of an intended access restriction in psi/zfjbig2.c (bsc#1117274)

CVE-2018-19409: Check if another device is used correctly in LockSafetyParams (bsc#1117022)

CVE-2018-18284: Fixed potential sandbox escape through 1Policy operator (bsc#1112229)

CVE-2018-18073: Fixed leaks through operator in saved execution stacks (bsc#1111480)

CVE-2018-17961: Fixed a -dSAFER sandbox escape by bypassing executeonly (bsc#1111479)

CVE-2018-17183: Fixed a potential code injection by specially crafted PostScript files (bsc#1109105)

Version update to 9.26 (bsc#1117331): Security issues have been the primary focus

Minor bug fixes and improvements

For release summary see: http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/News.htm

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the ghostscript package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript .tempfile     function did not properly handle file permissions. An     attacker could possibly exploit this to exploit this to     bypass the -dSAFER protection and delete files or     disclose their content via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15908i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript .shfill operator     did not properly validate certain types. An attacker     could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER     protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a     specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15909i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that ghostscript did not properly     verify the key used in aesdecode. An attacker could     possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection     and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary     code in the ghostscript context via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15911i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript .type operator     did not properly validate its operands. A specially     crafted PostScript document could exploit this to crash     ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the     context of the ghostscript process.i1/4^CVE-2018-16511i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript did not properly     restrict access to files open prior to enabling the
    -dSAFER mode. An attacker could possibly exploit this     to bypass the -dSAFER protection and disclose the     content of affected files via a specially crafted     PostScript document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16539i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the ghostscript device cleanup     did not properly handle devices replaced with a null     device. An attacker could possibly exploit this to     bypass the -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or,     possibly, execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript     context via a specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16541i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before     9.25. Incorrect 'restoration of privilege' checking     when running out of stack during exception handling     could be used by attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe'     instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-16509.i1/4^CVE-2018-16802i1/4%0

  - It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix     CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit     another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER     protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell     commands via a specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16863i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable     error exception table, which could be used by remote     attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to     potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to     inject code.i1/4^CVE-2018-17183i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers     to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists     because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-17183.i1/4^CVE-2018-17961i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a     sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of     system operators in the saved execution stack in an     error object.i1/4^CVE-2018-18073i1/4%0

  - Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers     to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors     involving the 1Policy operator.i1/4^CVE-2018-18284i1/4%0

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.25, the setpattern     operator did not properly validate certain types. A     specially crafted PostScript document could exploit     this to crash Ghostscript or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code in the context of the Ghostscript     process. This is a type confusion issue because of     failure to check whether the Implementation of a     pattern dictionary was a structure     type.i1/4^CVE-2018-19134i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before     9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if     another device is used.i1/4^CVE-2018-19409i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that ghostscript did not properly     handle certain stack overflow error conditions. An     attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the
    -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly,     execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a     specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-16542i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that the type of the     LockDistillerParams parameter is not properly verified.
    An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the
    -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly,     execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a     specially crafted PostScript     document.i1/4^CVE-2018-15910i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for ghostscript to version 9.25 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2018-17183: Remote attackers were be able to supply     crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace     error handlers to inject code (bsc#1109105)

  - CVE-2018-15909: Prevent type confusion using the .shfill     operator that could have been used by attackers able to     supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter     or potentially execute code (bsc#1106172).

  - CVE-2018-15908: Prevent attackers that are able to     supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile     restrictions and write files (bsc#1106171).

  - CVE-2018-15910: Prevent a type confusion in the     LockDistillerParams parameter that could have been used     to crash the interpreter or execute code (bsc#1106173).

  - CVE-2018-15911: Prevent use uninitialized memory access     in the aesdecode operator that could have been used to     crash the interpreter or potentially execute code     (bsc#1106195).

  - CVE-2018-16513: Prevent a type confusion in the setcolor     function that could have been used to crash the     interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact     (bsc#1107412).

  - CVE-2018-16509: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege'     checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions     could be have been used by attackers able to supply     crafted PostScript to execute code using the 'pipe'     instruction (bsc#1107410).

  - CVE-2018-16510: Incorrect exec stack handling in the     'CS' and 'SC' PDF primitives could have been used by     remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash     the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other     impact (bsc#1107411).

  - CVE-2018-16542: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript files from using insufficient interpreter     stack-size checking during error handling to crash the     interpreter (bsc#1107413).

  - CVE-2018-16541: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript files from using incorrect free logic in     pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter     (bsc#1107421).

  - CVE-2018-16540: Prevent use-after-free in copydevice     handling that could have been used to crash the     interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact     (bsc#1107420).

  - CVE-2018-16539: Prevent attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript files from using incorrect access checking in     temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the     system otherwise not readable (bsc#1107422).

  - CVE-2018-16543: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution     allowed attackers to have an unspecified impact     (bsc#1107423).

  - CVE-2018-16511: A type confusion in 'ztype' could have     been used by remote attackers able to supply crafted     PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have     unspecified other impact (bsc#1107426).

  - CVE-2018-16585: The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command     was accepted even though it is not intended for use     during document processing (e.g., after the startup     phase). This lead to memory corruption, allowing remote     attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the     interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact     (bsc#1107581).

  - CVE-2018-16802: Incorrect 'restoration of privilege'     checking when running out of stack during exception     handling could have been used by attackers able to     supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the     'pipe' instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for     CVE-2018-16509 (bsc#1108027).

These non-security issues were fixed :

  - Fixes problems with argument handling, some unintended     results of the security fixes to the SAFER file access     restrictions (specifically accessing ICC profile files).

  - Avoid that ps2epsi fails with 'Error: /undefined in
    --setpagedevice--'

For additional changes please check http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.25/News.htm

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
119754	CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2018:3834)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	12/19/2018	8/21/2020	critical
122169	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1022)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2/14/2019	5/23/2022	critical
123891	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1205)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/9/2019	5/20/2022	critical
123895	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1209)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/9/2019	5/20/2022	critical
146633	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2021-1598)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	2/19/2021	7/5/2021	critical
117901	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/3/2018	9/10/2019	high
117979	openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2018-1122)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/9/2018	1/19/2021	high
120186	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/2/2019	7/9/2024	critical
121276	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.1 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1016)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/22/2019	5/24/2022	critical
123326	openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2019-759)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/27/2019	6/10/2024	high
119651	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:4090-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/13/2018	7/16/2024	critical

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