CVE-2016-7977
CVE-2016-7977
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Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.
CVSS 5.5 · Medium · EPSS 4.6% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
ghostscript Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.19~dfsg-3.1
Update to 9.19~dfsg-3.1
ghostscript Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.19~dfsg-3.1
Update to 9.19~dfsg-3.1
ghostscript Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.19~dfsg-3.1
Update to 9.19~dfsg-3.1
ghostscript Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3
- 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
Update to 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
ghostscript Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3
- 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4
- 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1
- 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
Update to 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
Original sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
- https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7977