CVE-2019-3839
ghostscript - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-3839
To remediate CVE-2019-3839, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.27~dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u3 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u3 or later
Is CVE-2019-3839 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 9.27~dfsg-1
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u3
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |