CVE-2019-3838

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2019-3838
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.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 04:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/ -
References () https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432 - Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:10

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
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  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-9f28451404', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Release Notes', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-1a2c059afd', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Release Notes', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/ -
Information

Published : 2019-03-25 19:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:42

NVD link : CVE-2019-3838

Mitre link : CVE-2019-3838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-3838

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus
  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • ansible_tower
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_server_tus
  • enterprise_linux_workstation

artifex

  • ghostscript

opensuse

  • leap

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-648

Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

NVD-CWE-Other

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