Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201816509000
Revision Date:2018-09-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-16509 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-16509
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND The 'ghostscript' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13').
    • BACK