medium5.5
CVE-2019-3838
It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Ghostscript | before 9.27 |
| Redhat | Ansible Tower | Version 3.3 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 5.0, 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Version 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Version 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | Version 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 28, 29, 30 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Versions 15.0, 42.3 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
- 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/28
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
- 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/