CVE-2019-3838

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

25/03/2019

Last modified:

07/11/2023

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript::::::::		9.27 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript::::::::		9.27 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:::::::*

CVE-2019-3838

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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