CVE-2016-7977

Publication date 6 October 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N