SB2018111215 - Code injection in ghostscript (Alpine package)

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SB2018111215 - Code injection in ghostscript (Alpine package)

Published: November 12, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018111215
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Code injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18284)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the failure of the sandbox protection mechanism of the affected software when the 1Policy operator is used. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into accessing a PostScript file that submits malicious input, bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and modify or replace error handlers used by the software, which the attacker could use to inject and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References