Medium severity · published Jun 1, 2018
CVE-2018-11645
psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.21rc1 permits the status command even if -dSAFER is used, which might allow remote attackers to determine the existence and size of…
5.3
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.21rc1 permits the status command even if -dSAFER is used, which might allow remote attackers to determine the existence and size of arbitrary files, a similar issue to CVE-2016-7977.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
through 9.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11645
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11645
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b60d50b7567369ad856cebe1efb6cd7dd2284219
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2281
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697193
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
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