ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-3838
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838
Upstream
Published
2019-03-25T19:29:01Z
Modified
2026-08-29T06:17:59Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27. 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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.11
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.12
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.13
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.14
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.15
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.16
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.17
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.18
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.19
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.20
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.21
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.22
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.23
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.6
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.7
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.8
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"
Alpine:v3.9
ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.26-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-3838.json"