CVE - CVE-2017-8291

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-8291	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:98476 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 CONFIRM:https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d DEBIAN:DSA-3838 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 EXPLOIT-DB:41955 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ GENTOO:GLSA-201708-06 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 MISC:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 MISC:https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 MISC:https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1230 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170426	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170426)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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