CVE-2019-3838

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It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27. A

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.01364

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Weakness Classification

CWE-648Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

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Affected Products & Versions

artifex ghostscript< 9.27
redhat ansible towerall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
Show all 12 affected productsredhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuse leapall versions
debian linuxall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com

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Scoring & Timeline

5.5

MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD25 Mar 2019 · 07:29 PM

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

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:14155-1
rhsaRHSA-2019:0971Important
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:1121-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:0718-1
Show all 8 vendor advisoriessuse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:0719-1
usnUSN-3915-1
rhsaRHSA-2019:0633Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432Third Party Advisory

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