| Name | CVE-2019-3835 |
| 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. |
| 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 | 925256 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u13 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u13 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u10 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=205591753126802da850ada6511a0ff8411aa287
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d683d1e6450d74619e6277efeebfc222d9a5cb91 (needed dependency)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585