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Red Hat: CVE-2019-3835: CVE-2019-3835 ghostscript: superexec operator is available (700585) (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-3835: CVE-2019-3835 ghostscript: superexec operator is available (700585) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/21/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/22/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdf
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fonts
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printing
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-x11-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libgs
  • redhat-upgrade-libgs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libgs-devel

References

  • 107855
  • DSA-4432
  • CVE-2019-3835
  • RHSA-2019:0652
  • RHSA-2019:0971

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