CVE-2018-15908

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    CVE-2018-15908

    Published: 27 Aug 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.

    References: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288, https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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