CVE-2019-6116

high

Description

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

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-03-21

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High