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.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0264
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-648
Status
published
Products (17)
artifex/ghostscript
< 9.27
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
28
fedoraproject/fedora
29
fedoraproject/fedora
30
opensuse/leap
15.0
opensuse/leap
42.3
redhat/ansible_tower
3.3
redhat/enterprise_linux
5.0
... and 7 more
Published
Mar 25, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026