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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201904-5
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Severity: High
Date : 2019-04-11
CVE-ID : CVE-2019-3835 CVE-2019-3838
Package : ghostscript
Type : sandbox escape
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-929
Summary
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The package ghostscript before version 9.27-1 is vulnerable to sandbox
escape.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 9.27-1.
# pacman -Syu "ghostscript>=9.27-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 9.27.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2019-3835 (sandbox escape)
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-2019-3838 (sandbox escape)
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
constrains imposed by -dSAFER.
Impact
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A remote attacker is able to escape the sandbox via a specially crafted
PostScript document.
References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/62102
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=2055917
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d683d1e6
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=ed9fcd95bb01
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a82601e8f95a
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-3835
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-3838
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