DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17961

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17961
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Upstream
Published
2018-10-15T16:29:02Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:12:51Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}