Bug 1107410 – VUL-0: CVE-2018-16509: ghostscript,ghostscript-library: /invalidaccess bypass after failed restore (699654)

Bug 1107410 - (CVE-2018-16509) VUL-0: CVE-2018-16509: ghostscript,ghostscript-library: /invalidaccess bypass after failed restore (699654)

(CVE-2018-16509)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2018-16509: ghostscript,ghostscript-library: /invalidaccess bypass...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Major
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Johannes Meixner
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/216233/
Whiteboard:	maint:running:64172:important CVSSv2:...
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Reported:	2018-09-06 06:56 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified:	2019-05-17 13:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Description Alexander Bergmann 2018-09-06 06:56:13 UTC

rh#1619748

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect
"restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions
could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code
using the "pipe" instruction.

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-16509
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/

Comment 1 Daniel dos Santos 2018-09-12 12:36:56 UTC

Customer shared some references:

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.24/History9.htm#Version9.24
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1640#c9
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/WDON-B3UK3T

Comment 7 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-02 19:09:07 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1: An update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1106171,1106172,1106173,1106195,1107410,1107411,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107422,1107423,1107426,1107581,1108027,1109105
CVE References: CVE-2018-15908,CVE-2018-15909,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-15911,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16510,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16539,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542,CVE-2018-16543,CVE-2018-16585,CVE-2018-16802,CVE-2018-17183
Sources used:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1

Comment 8 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-02 19:11:35 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1: An update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1106171,1106172,1106173,1106195,1107410,1107411,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107422,1107423,1107426,1107581,1108027,1109105
CVE References: CVE-2018-15908,CVE-2018-15909,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-15911,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16510,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16539,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542,CVE-2018-16543,CVE-2018-16585,CVE-2018-16802,CVE-2018-17183
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 (src):    libspectre-0.2.8-3.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-3.6.1

Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-05 19:11:17 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2018:3036-1: An update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1106171,1106172,1106173,1106195,1107410,1107411,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107422,1107423,1107426,1107581,1108027,1109105
CVE References: CVE-2018-15908,CVE-2018-15909,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-15911,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16510,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16539,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542,CVE-2018-16543,CVE-2018-16585,CVE-2018-16802,CVE-2018-17183
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.3 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-14.9.1, ghostscript-mini-9.25-14.9.1

Comment 11 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-05 19:14:01 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2018:3038-1: An update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1106171,1106172,1106173,1106195,1107410,1107411,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107422,1107423,1107426,1107581,1108027,1109105
CVE References: CVE-2018-15908,CVE-2018-15909,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-15911,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16510,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16539,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542,CVE-2018-16543,CVE-2018-16585,CVE-2018-16802,CVE-2018-17183
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-lp150.2.6.1, ghostscript-mini-9.25-lp150.2.6.1, libspectre-0.2.8-lp150.2.3.1

Comment 19 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-18 18:01:09 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2: An update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1106171,1106172,1106173,1106195,1107410,1107411,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107422,1107423,1107426,1107581,1108027,1109105
CVE References: CVE-2018-15908,CVE-2018-15909,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-15911,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16510,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16539,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542,CVE-2018-16543,CVE-2018-16585,CVE-2018-16802,CVE-2018-17183
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1

Comment 20 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-23 16:13:34 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:3330-1: An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1050893,1106173,1107410,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107426
CVE References: CVE-2017-9611,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (src):    ghostscript-library-8.62-32.47.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (src):    ghostscript-library-8.62-32.47.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (src):    ghostscript-library-8.62-32.47.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (src):    ghostscript-library-8.62-32.47.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (src):    ghostscript-library-8.62-32.47.13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (src):    ghostscript-library-8.62-32.47.13.1

Comment 22 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-31 10:52:06 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.
This issue was rated as important.
Please submit fixed packages until 2018-11-07.
When done, reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/64172

Comment 23 Swamp Workflow Management 2019-04-27 22:41:41 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3: An update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1106171,1106172,1106173,1106195,1107410,1107411,1107412,1107413,1107420,1107421,1107422,1107423,1107426,1107581,1108027,1109105
CVE References: CVE-2018-15908,CVE-2018-15909,CVE-2018-15910,CVE-2018-15911,CVE-2018-16509,CVE-2018-16510,CVE-2018-16511,CVE-2018-16513,CVE-2018-16539,CVE-2018-16540,CVE-2018-16541,CVE-2018-16542,CVE-2018-16543,CVE-2018-16585,CVE-2018-16802,CVE-2018-17183
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (src):    ghostscript-9.25-23.13.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 24 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2019-05-17 13:33:24 UTC

all released