FKIE_CVE-2018-18284

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-10-19 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:46
Severity
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a4c5ea0b
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a4c5ea0b
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript *
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10
artifex gpl_ghostscript *
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
pulsesecure pulse_connect_secure *
pulsesecure pulse_connect_secure *
pulsesecure pulse_connect_secure *
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      "value": "Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 y anteriores permite que los atacantes omitan un mecanismo de protecci\u00f3n de sandbox mediante vectores relacionados con el operador 1Policy."
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  "id": "CVE-2018-18284",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:46:56.323",
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}



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