MGASA-2018-0219

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    MGASA-2018-0219

    Published: 4 May 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10194

    Summary: Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (CVE-2018-10194).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0219.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22931, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/19/5, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/KAA4HM5ZWQWEFKXJK72E6S3MLTY2VN36/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.23-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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