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Ubuntu: USN-3148-1 (CVE-2013-5653): Ghostscript vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Oct 12, 2016

Added

Dec 2, 2016

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscriptubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript-xubuntu-upgrade-libgs9ubuntu-upgrade-libgs9-common

References

CVE-2013-5653
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2013-5653
CWE-200
DEBIAN-DLA-674-1
DEBIAN-DSA-3691
EUVD-EUVD-2013-5492
NVD-CVE-2013-5653
UBUNTU-USN-3148-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2013-5492

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