CVE-2013-5653

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5653
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-07 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 9.10 All All All
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript 9.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
697169 – .libfile does not honor -dSAFER CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch
694724 – GhostScript information disclosure - paranoidsafer CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch
1380327 – (CVE-2013-5653) CVE-2013-5653 ghostscript: getenv and filenameforall ignore -dSAFER CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: ImageMagick identify "d:" hangs MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Ghostscript CVE-2013-5653 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3691-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: ImageMagick identify "d:" hangs MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378143 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-doc (VZLSA-2017:0013)
  • 378268 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-devel (VZLSA-2017:0014)
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