PT-2018-3206

CVE-2018-16543

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Published

2018-09-05

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24
Description The issue is related to the gssetresolution and gsgetresolution components in Ghostscript, which contain unused code. This can allow an attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.
Recommendations For Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24, update to version 9.24 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the gssetresolution and gsgetresolution functions until a patch is applied.
Exploitability
Fix
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2018-2344
DLA-1527-1
DLA-1527-2
DSA-4288-1
MGASA-2018-0378
OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3036-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3038-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1
SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1
SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2
SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3
SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1
USN-3768-1
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