Vulnerability Description
It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.
CVSS Score
HIGH
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Ghostscript | < 9.27 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 29 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1017Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3839Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/23Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3970-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4442Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
FAQ
What is CVE-2019-3839?
CVE-2019-3839 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for...
How severe is CVE-2019-3839?
CVE-2019-3839 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2019-3839?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Artifex Ghostscript, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Fedoraproject Fedora, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.