CVE-2016-7979

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-10-04

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass theSAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.

See more information about CVE-2016-7979 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ghostscript)	ELSA-2017-0014	2017-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (ghostscript)	ELSA-2017-0013	2017-01-04
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ghostscript)	OVMSA-2017-0002	2017-01-04
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ghostscript)	OVMSA-2017-0002	2017-01-04

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