CVE-2019-3838

moderate-risk

Published 2019-03-25

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.

Do I need to act?

1.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate 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 (17)

Ghostscript

Ansible Tower

Enterprise Linux

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Server Aus

Enterprise Linux Server Eus

Enterprise Linux Server Tus

Enterprise Linux Workstation

Fedora

Leap

Debian Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Fedoraproject Opensuse Artifex

References (30)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscr...

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971

Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28

Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscr...

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971

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moderate-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal

Exposure 19/34 · Moderate