| Name | CVE-2019-3838 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1761-1, DSA-4432-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 925257 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | buster | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| trixie | 10.02.1~dfsg-3 | fixed | |
| sid | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | source | experimental | 9.27~~dc1~dfsg-1 | |||
| ghostscript | source | jessie | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u2 | DLA-1761-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u2 | DSA-4432-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 9.27~dfsg-1 | 925257 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=ed9fcd95bb01f0768bf273b2526732e381202319
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a82601e8f95a2f2147f3b3b9e44ec2b8f3a6be8b
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576