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CVE-2013-5653

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

Published

2017-03-07T15:59:00.157

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	9.10	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497 ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)