CVE-2016-7977 (GCVE-0-2016-7977)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-23 03:56
Modified
2024-08-06 02:13
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28 Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15 Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169 Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm Release Notes
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28 Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15 Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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