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CVE-2019-3838 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.3 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/	CVE
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/	[email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]
CWE-648	Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
artifex ghostscript	< 9.27
CPE cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat ansible tower	3.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	5.0 6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server aus	7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server tus	7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	28 29 30
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap	15.0 42.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

21 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 7, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 24, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 17, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 17, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 17, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 5, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 2, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 2, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 31, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 31, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 26, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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