PT-2013-5714 · Artifex+4 · Ghostscript+4

Adam Mariš · Published 2013-12-31 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-5653

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript version 9.10

Description The issue concerns the getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript, which ignore the "-dSAFER" argument. This allows remote attackers to read data by using a crafted postscript file.

Recommendations For Ghostscript version 9.10, consider disabling the getenv and filenameforall functions until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive data to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CESA-2017_0013

CESA-2017_0014

CVE-2013-5653

DLA-674-1

DSA-3691-1

DSA-3691-2

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2574-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2648-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1

RHSA-2017:0013

RHSA-2017:0014

RHSA-2017_0013

RHSA-2017_0014

SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2493-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2817-1

SUSE-SU-2016_2492-1

SUSE-SU-2016_2493-1

SUSE-SU-2016_2817-1

USN-3148-1

Affected Products

Centos

Ghostscript

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 90

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/fileformat/imagemagick_delegate.rb · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2817-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5653 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-5653 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5 · Patch
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8602 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7976 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0013.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7977 · Vendor Advisory