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CVE-2019-6116

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Date: March 21, 2019

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (28)

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6116

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6116

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6116

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-6116

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Url: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-6116

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html

Url: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-6116

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version ghostscript-9.26

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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