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Bug 671732 (CVE-2018-19409) - <app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.26: improperly implemented security check in zsetdevice function in psi/zdevice.c (CVE-2018-19409)
Summary: <app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.26: improperly implemented security check in zset...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2018-19409
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL:
Whiteboard: B1 [glsa+ glsa+ blocked cve]
Keywords:
Depends on: CVE-2018-18284
Blocks:
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Reported: 2018-11-23 01:42 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified: 2018-11-24 19:49 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Package list:
app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.26
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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2018-11-23 01:42:28 UTC 
CVE-2018-19409 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19409):
  An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams
  is not checked correctly if another device is used.
Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-11-23 16:30:38 UTC 
Raising severity, can be used in a combined attack involving less to get root.
Comment 2 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2018-11-24 19:49:51 UTC 
This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201811-12 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).