CVE-2019-3838
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3838
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3838.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201904-5
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 9.27-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 9.27~dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 9.27~dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 9.27~dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 9.27~dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 9.27~dfsg-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.