CVE-2018-18284

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Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 0.00301

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

artifex ghostscript<= 9.25
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
artifex gpl ghostscript< 9.26
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
Show all 13 affected productsredhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
pulsesecure pulse connect secure>= 8.2r1.0 and < 8.2r12.1
pulsesecure pulse connect secure>= 8.3r1 and < 8.3r7.1
pulsesecure pulse connect secure>= 9.0r1 and < 9.0r3.4

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Scoring & Timeline

8.6

HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD19 Oct 2018 · 10:29 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:4090-2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:4087-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:4090-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:3834Important
Show all 6 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-3803-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101PatchThird Party Advisory

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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12MitigationThird Party Advisory

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336Third Party Advisory

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