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.
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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-ghostscript | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscriptamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-docamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-gtkamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgs-devel | Feb 22, 2021 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-ghostscriptcentos-upgrade-ghostscript-cupscentos-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfocentos-upgrade-ghostscript-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-ghostscript-develcentos-upgrade-ghostscript-doccentos-upgrade-ghostscript-gtkcentos-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk-debuginfocentos-upgrade-ghostscript-x11-debuginfocentos-upgrade-libgscentos-upgrade-libgs-debuginfo | Apr 1, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-ghostscript | Apr 18, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-ghostscript9-agpl-basefreebsd-upgrade-package-ghostscript9-agpl-x11 | Apr 22, 2019 | Apr 21, 2019 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-ghostscript-gpl | Apr 2, 2020 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Ghostscript | ghostscript-upgrade-9_27 | Apr 8, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-ghostscripthuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-ghostscript-cups | May 1, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-ghostscripthuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-ghostscript-cups | May 1, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-ghostscripthuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-ghostscript-cups | May 1, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-print-filter-ghostscript-9-27-11-4-13-0-1-3-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-print-filter-ghostscript-core-9-27-11-4-13-0-1-3-0 | Sep 17, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscriptoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-develoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-docoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-gtkoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdforacle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fontsoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printingoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-x11oracle-linux-upgrade-libgsoracle-linux-upgrade-libgs-devel | Jul 21, 2020 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | redhat-upgrade-ghostscriptredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-docredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdfredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fontsredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printingredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-x11redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-x11-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libgsredhat-upgrade-libgs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libgs-devel | Mar 22, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-ghostscriptsuse-upgrade-ghostscript-develsuse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-othersuse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-russuse-upgrade-ghostscript-fonts-stdsuse-upgrade-ghostscript-librarysuse-upgrade-ghostscript-minisuse-upgrade-ghostscript-mini-develsuse-upgrade-ghostscript-omnisuse-upgrade-ghostscript-x11suse-upgrade-libgimpprint | Apr 1, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscriptubuntu-upgrade-libgs9 | Apr 1, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 |
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