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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.3
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade libgs-develUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade libgs | Feb 22, 2021 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade libgsUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade libgs-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-x11-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-gtk-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-debugsource | Aug 28, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Apr 18, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ghostscript9-agpl-baseUpgrade ghostscript9-agpl-x11 | Apr 22, 2019 | Apr 21, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-text/ghostscript-gpl. | Apr 2, 2020 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Ghostscript | — | Upgrade to Ghostscript version 9.27 | Apr 8, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | May 1, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | May 1, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | May 1, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript to version 9.27-11.4.13.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript-core to version 9.27-11.4.13.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Sep 17, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-tools-dvipdfUpgrade libgs-develUpgrade ghostscript-x11Upgrade libgsUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-tools-printingUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-tools-fonts | Jul 21, 2020 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-x11No solution existsUpgrade ghostscript-gtk-debuginfoUpgrade libgs-develUpgrade ghostscript-debugsourceUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade libgs-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade libgsUpgrade ghostscript-tools-printingUpgrade ghostscript-tools-dvipdfUpgrade ghostscript-x11-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-tools-fonts | Mar 22, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ghostscript-mini-develUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-miniUpgrade ghostscript-x11 | Sep 27, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libgs9Upgrade ghostscript | Mar 2, 2020 | Mar 21, 2019 |
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