CVE-2019-3838

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3838
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-25 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:10:00 UTC
DescriptionIt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4432-1] ghostscript security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1761-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: ghostscript-9.26-4.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.26-4.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: ghostscript-9.26-4.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
700576 – forceput in DefineResource still accessible after CVE-2019-6116 MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1121-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Slackware Security Advisory - ghostscript Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202004-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.26-4.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.26-4.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.26-4.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4432-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1119-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1677581 – (CVE-2019-3838) CVE-2019-3838 ghostscript: forceput in DefineResource is still accessible (700576) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296080 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 13.4.0 Missing (CPUJUL2019)
  • 376886 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0017)
  • 377128 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0123)
  • 378226 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-gtk (VZLSA-2019:0633)
  • 500210 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 501408 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503953 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
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