CVE-2018-18284

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2018-10-12
Bugzilla:
1642940: CVE-2018-18284 ghostscript: 1Policy operator allows a sandbox protection bypass

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

Find out more about CVE-2018-18284 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.3
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

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ghostscript Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ghostscript Will not fix

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