| Name | CVE-2019-6116 |
| Description | In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution. |
| 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-1670-1, DSA-4372-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u9 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| 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 (security), bookworm | 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 | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| ghostscript | source | jessie | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u1 | DLA-1670-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | stretch | 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u1 | DSA-4372-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 9.26a~dfsg-1 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=13b0a36f8181db66a91bcc8cea139998b53a8996
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=2db98f9c66135601efb103d8db7d020a672308db
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=99f13091a3f309bdc95d275ea9fec10bb9f42d9a
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=59d8f4deef90c1598ff50616519d5576756b4495
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=2768d1a6dddb83f5c061207a7ed2813999c1b5c9
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=49c8092da88ef6bb0aa281fe294ae0925a44b5b9
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317