CVE-2019-3839

Description

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: The ghostscript Project ghostscript
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Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3839 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1017 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3970-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4442 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/23 third party advisory mailing list
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82acb4bf430eae0d8b3b75c9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00023.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-3839?
CVE-2019-3839 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-3839?
To fix CVE-2019-3839, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-3839 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-3839 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-3839?
CVE-2019-3839 affects The ghostscript Project ghostscript.
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