CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-6116

7.8 HIGH Published 2019-03-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2019-03-21
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Affected configurations

• artifex ghostscript (<= 9.26) • fedoraproject fedora 28 • fedoraproject fedora 29 • fedoraproject fedora 30 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.10 • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • opensuse leap 15.0 • opensuse leap 42.3 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ lists.fedoraproject.org
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry