CVE-2017-8291
ghostscript - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 92.9%
Description
Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.
How to fix CVE-2017-8291
To remediate CVE-2017-8291, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.21-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.20~dfsg-3.1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u6 or later
Is CVE-2017-8291 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2017-8291 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 9.21-r2
- from 0, < 9.20~dfsg-3.1
- from 0, < 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |