Upstream information

CVE-2018-16863 at MITRE

Description

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. This only affects ghostscript 9.07 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.3 7.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact Low Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1118318 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • ghostscript >= 9.07-31.el7_6.3
  • ghostscript-cups >= 9.07-31.el7_6.3
  • ghostscript-devel >= 9.07-31.el7_6.3
  • ghostscript-doc >= 9.07-31.el7_6.3
  • ghostscript-gtk >= 9.07-31.el7_6.3
Patchnames:
RHSA-2018:3761


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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 ghostscript Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ghostscript Not affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ghostscript-library Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ghostscript-library Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ghostscript-library Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ghostscript Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ghostscript Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 4 13:17:09 2018
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 16:59:04 2024