MGASA-2019-0130 - Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0130.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-3835,
     CVE-2019-3838

It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal
dictionary.  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. (CVE-2019-3835)

It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the
DefineResource method using methods similar to the ones described in
CVE-2019-6116. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in
order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the
constraints imposed by -dSAFER. (CVE-2019-3838)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24548
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0633
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3835
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3838

SRPMS:
- 6/core/ghostscript-9.26-1.3.mga6