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CVE-2018-18284

Publication date 19 October 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6 · High

Score breakdown

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.6 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3803-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 30 October 2018

Other references