Out-of-bounds read in GhostXPS - CVE-2017-9726
Published: October 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8643
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9726
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted document, trigger heap-based out-o-bounds memory read and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
GhostXPS
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9726
Install update from GIT repository.
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=7755e67116e8973ee0e3b22d653df026a84fa01b
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=7755e67116e8973ee0e3b22d653df026a84fa01b