CVE-2018-15908

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.34%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928	third party advisory us government resource
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-15908?: CVE-2018-15908 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-15908?: To fix CVE-2018-15908, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-15908 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-15908 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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