USN-3803-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3803-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3803-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3803-1
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Related
Published
2018-10-30T17:42:10.990845Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:44Z
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3803-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-17961",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-18073",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-18284",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3
9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3803-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-17961",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-18073",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-18284",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3803-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-17961",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-18073",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-18284",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}