Upstream information
Description
The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | 7 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Access Vector | Local | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low | High |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | Required | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3 |
- SUSE-SU-2018:1332-1, published Fri May 18 04:11:54 MDT 2018
- SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1, published Wed May 23 00:11:41 MDT 2018
- SUSE-SU-2018:1884-1, published Thu Jul 5 04:13:37 MDT 2018
- openSUSE-SU-2018:1348-1, published Sat, 19 May 2018 21:07:50 +0200 (CEST)
- openSUSE-SU-2018:1909-1, published Sat, 7 Jul 2018 00:11:36 +0200 (CEST)
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Build System Kit 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP3-2018-941 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-941 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1281 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: slessp4-ghostscript-library-13617 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-941 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: sdksp4-ghostscript-library-13617 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-941 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 |
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| openSUSE Leap 15.0 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-505 |
| openSUSE Leap 42.3 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2018-479 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Module for Basesystem | ghostscript | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 15-SP1 Module for Basesystem | ghostscript | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 15-SP2 Module for Basesystem | ghostscript | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | ghostscript | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | ghostscript | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | ghostscript-library | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | ghostscript-library | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | ghostscript-library | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS | ghostscript | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS | ghostscript | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | ghostscript | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS | ghostscript | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | ghostscript | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | ghostscript | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | ghostscript | Released |
