UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3838

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3838

    Published: 21 Mar 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-3838
    Aliases:
    USN-3915-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3838, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3915-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3838

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.8

    Affected versions

    9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High