SB2017112136 - Denial of service in Ghostscript
Published: November 21, 2017 Updated: May 14, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017112136
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) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10317)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted PostScript document, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.