# CVE-2019-3835: It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before 9.27.

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-25 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- The ghostscript Project ghostscript: 9.27

## Description

It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The ghostscript Project ghostscript, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

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