CVE-2019-3835 - Vulncode-DB

CVE-2019-3835 (NVD)

2019-03-25

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.

Products	Ghostscript, Debian_linux, Fedora, Leap, Ansible_tower, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Enterprise_linux_server, Enterprise_linux_server_aus, Enterprise_linux_server_eus, Enterprise_linux_server_tus, Enterprise_linux_workstation
Type	Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
First patch	- None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links	• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html • https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/ • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835 • http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html More/Less (11) • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 • https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585 • https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432 • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855 • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/ • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652 • https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/ • https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28 • https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4