CVE-2019-3835

Name
CVE-2019-3835
Description
It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary 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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
Permissions Required https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ghostscript >= None < 9.27

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status