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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: ghostscript security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2018:3760-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
Issue date:        2018-12-03
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-16509 
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1. Summary:

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF
documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats
so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

* It was discovered that the ghostscript /invalidaccess checks fail under
certain conditions. An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the
- -dSAFER protection and, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a
specially crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2018-16509)

Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy (Google Project Zero) for
reporting this issue.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1619748 - CVE-2018-16509 ghostscript: /invalidaccess bypass after failed restore (699654)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm

i386:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

i386:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm

i386:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm

ppc64:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

i386:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm

ppc64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm

i386:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

i386:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm

x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16509
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2018-3760:01 Important: ghostscript security update

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Summary

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.
Security Fix(es):
* It was discovered that the ghostscript /invalidaccess checks fail under certain conditions. An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the - -dSAFER protection and, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2018-16509)
Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy (Google Project Zero) for reporting this issue.



Summary


Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16509 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ppc64: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
ppc64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.ppc64.rpm
s390x: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.src.rpm
i386: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
i386: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm
x86_64: ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.i686.rpm ghostscript-devel-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-doc-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm ghostscript-gtk-8.70-24.el6_10.2.x86_64.rpm
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3760-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
Issued Date: : 2018-12-03
CVE Names: CVE-2018-16509

Topic

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.


Topic


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64


Bugs Fixed

1619748 - CVE-2018-16509 ghostscript: /invalidaccess bypass after failed restore (699654)


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