A trivial sandbox (enabled with the `-dSAFER` option) escape flaw was found in the ghostscript interpreter by injecting a specially crafted pipe command. This flaw allows a specially crafted document to execute arbitrary commands on the system in the context of the ghostscript interpreter. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271 | issue tracking third party advisory patch |
| https://ghostscript.com/CVE-2021-3781.html | patch vendor advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-11 | third party advisory vendor advisory |