CVE-2019-6116

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-6116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-21 16:01:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:13:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 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
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
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.26-3.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.27-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.26-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.27-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - ghostscript: 2 -dSAFER bypass: CVE-2019-3835 & CVE-2019-3838 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Ghostscript 9.26 - Pseudo-Operator Remote Code Execution - Linux remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Slackware Security Advisory - ghostscript Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
700317 – ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be pseudo-operators CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.27-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Ghostscript CVE-2019-6116 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4372-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.27-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1670-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202004-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-3866-1: Ghostscript vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Ghostscript Pseudo-Operator Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:0103-1: important: Security update CONFIRM lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: ghostscript-9.26-3.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be pseudo-operators MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:0104-1: important: Security update CONFIRM lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Issue 1729 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.26-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.26-3.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: ghostscript-9.26-3.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org 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)
  • 296088 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 9.1.5 Missing (CPUAPR2019)
  • 377128 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0123)
  • 377191 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0003)
  • 500210 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 501407 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503952 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
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