Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting ghostscript-x11 package, versions <0:9.25-2.el8_0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTX11-3413826
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 May 2019

Introduced: 2 May 2019

CVE-2019-3839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-648  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-x11 to version 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0971.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-x11 package and not the ghostscript-x11 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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