Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2019
CVE-2019-3838
It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27
5.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Ansible Tower · Redhat
3.3 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
28; 29; 30 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 9.27 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 42.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3838
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3838
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576
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