CVE-2019-3835

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-3835
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-03-25T19:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-15T13:50:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-862 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.27
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585 Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/ Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/ Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/ Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432 Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3835
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3835
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:08:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:36:52 2019-03-25T19:29Z 2019-03-25T19:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 18:36:52 2020-10-15T13:50:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 18:36:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated