Source: ghostscript Version: 9.20~dfsg-3.2 Severity: grave Tags: patch security upstream Justification: user security hole Forwarded: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699663 Control: fixed -1 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u3
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for ghostscript. CVE-2018-16585[0]: | An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. The | .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not | intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup | phase). This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able | to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have | unspecified other impact. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16585 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16585 [1] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1497d65039885a52b598b137dd8622bd4672f9be [2] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=971472c83a345a16dac9f90f91258bb22dd77f22 [3] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699663 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvtore
