MGASA-2019-0130

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    MGASA-2019-0130

    Published: 5 Apr 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary. 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. (CVE-2019-3835) It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method using methods similar to the ones described in CVE-2019-6116. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constraints imposed by -dSAFER. (CVE-2019-3838)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0130.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24548, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0633

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.26-1.3.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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