Ghostscript 9.06 on Debian privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ghostscript 9.06 on Debian. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ghostscript 9.06 on Debian (Document Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2016 by Salvatore Bonaccorso as [SECURITY] [DSA 3691-2] ghostscript regression update as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ghostscript 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u4

Timelineinfo

10/28/2016 🔍
10/31/2016 +3 days 🔍
05/21/2019 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: [SECURITY] [DSA 3691-2] ghostscript regression update
Researcher: Salvatore Bonaccorso
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93218

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2016 21:37
Updated: 05/21/2019 10:56
Changes: 10/31/2016 21:37 (40), 05/21/2019 10:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3EF:103

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