CVE-2013-5653
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 9.10 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5653.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1380327
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5653
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.