CVE-2019-3835
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.4%
It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | ghostscript | * | cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
Related
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.4%