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CVE-2019-3835

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Date: March 25, 2019

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.

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Related Resources (22)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3835
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3835
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-3835
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3835
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-3835
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-3835

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Missing Authorization

CWE-862

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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