CVE-2019-3835
ghostscript - security update
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-3835
To remediate CVE-2019-3835, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.26-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.27~dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u2 or later
Is CVE-2019-3835 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 9.26-r2
- from 0, < 9.27~dfsg-1
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u2
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |