It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method 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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1761-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4432-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-13458 It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3915-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:19:18.540Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-3838

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-25T19:29:01.727

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:42:40.157

Link: CVE-2019-3838

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-03-21T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-3838 - Bugzilla

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