CVE-2013-5653

low-risk

Published 2017-03-07

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

Do I need to act?

0.25% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Afpl Ghostscript

Debian Linux

Affected Vendors

Artifex Debian

References (18)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497

Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724

Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327