SB2017072802 - Denial of service in Artifex Ghostscript
Published: July 28, 2017 Updated: September 5, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017072802
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11714)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c when handling references to the scanner state structure by psi/ztoken.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted PostScript document, trick the victim into processing it, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.