CVE-2019-3838

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published3/25/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

artifex:ghostscriptdebian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedoraopensuse:leapredhat:ansible_towerredhat:enterprise_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat:enterprise_linux_server_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-648

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/(secalert@redhat.com)

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28(secalert@redhat.com)

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4(secalert@redhat.com)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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