CVE-2013-5653

MEDIUM

Artifex Afpl Ghostscript - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

References (9)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0025

EPSS Percentile 48.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Affected Products (3)

artifex/afpl_ghostscript

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026