CVE-2019-3839

ghostscript: missing attack vector protections for CVE-2019-6116

Published May 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1792-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2989-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4442-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-13459 It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3970-1 Ghostscript vulnerability
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00129}

epss

{'score': 0.00132}