CVE-2018-16863
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Artifex Ghostscript
PublishedDec 3, 2018
First seenDec 3, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-184CWE-184
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| artifex ghostscript | 9.07 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | — |
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