# CVE-2019-3835: ghostscript: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents

CVE-2019-3835 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8, released March 21, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3835
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.3 (Important)
- EPSS: 0.0247
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Mar 21, 2019

## Description

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.  Security Fix(es):  * ghostscript: superexec operator is available (700585) (CVE-2019-3835)  * ghostscript: forceput in DefineResource is still accessible (700576) (CVE-2019-3838)  * ghostscript: missing attack vector protections for CVE-2019-6116 (CVE-2019-3839)  For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ghostscript RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8 | [ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8.md) | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8 | [ghostscript-x 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-x-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8.md) | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [RHSA-2019:0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-0971.md) | May 7, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.1 | [ELSA-2019-0971](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-0971.md) | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8 | [libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8.md) | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9-common Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8 | [libgs9-common 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-common-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8.md) | Mar 21, 2019 |

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