Missing Authorization Affecting ghostscript-devel package, versions <9.27-3.21.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.47% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-GHOSTSCRIPTDEVEL-2733735
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Sept 2019

Introduced: 25 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-3835  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 ghostscript-devel to version 9.27-3.21.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-devel package and not the ghostscript-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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