UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7979

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979

Related

Published

2016-10-06T00:00:00Z

Modified

2016-10-06T00:00:00Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initializedscparser.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5

Affected versions

9.*

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3

9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4

9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1

9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}