7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-3839
Ghostscript File System Access Vulnerability
Description

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

INFO

Published Date :

May 16, 2019, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-3839 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Artifex ghostscript

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-3839 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82acb4bf430eae0d8b3b75c9 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82acb4bf430eae0d8b3b75c9
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1017 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1017 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/23 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/23 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3970-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3970-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4442 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4442 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-264
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-648
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.28 are vulnerable. It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.
    Removed Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=db24f253409d5d085c2760c814c3e1d3fa2dac59 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4442 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3970-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/23 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1017 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.28 OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.27
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00023.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00023.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=db24f253409d5d085c2760c814c3e1d3fa2dac59 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=db24f253409d5d085c2760c814c3e1d3fa2dac59 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82acb4bf430eae0d8b3b75c9 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82acb4bf430eae0d8b3b75c9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3839 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3839 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.28
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-3839 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-3839 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.28 }} 0.11%

score

0.68128

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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