It was discovered that the type of the LockDistillerParams parameter is not properly verified. An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a specially crafted PostScript document.
Find out more about CVE-2018-15910 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Important, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
CVSS3 Base Score | 7.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | Low |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ghostscript) | RHSA-2018:2918 | 2018-10-16 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 | mediawiki | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Will not fix |
Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748#c3