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Posted on 07 May 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: ghostscript security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0971-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
Issue date: 2019-05-07
CVE Names: CVE-2019-3835 CVE-2019-3838 CVE-2019-3839
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1. Summary:
An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. 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.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1673304 - CVE-2019-3839 ghostscript: missing attack vector protections for CVE-2019-6116
1677581 - CVE-2019-3838 ghostscript: forceput in DefineResource is still accessible (700576)
1677588 - CVE-2019-3835 ghostscript: superexec operator is available (700585)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
ghostscript-9.25-2.el8_0.1.src.rpm
aarch64:
ghostscript-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
libgs-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
ghostscript-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
libgs-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ghostscript-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
libgs-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
libgs-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
libgs-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
libgs-devel-9.25-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
ghostscript-doc-9.25-2.el8_0.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-x11-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
libgs-devel-9.25-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-x11-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
libgs-devel-9.25-2.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-debugsource-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
libgs-debuginfo-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
libgs-devel-9.25-2.el8_0.1.i686.rpm
libgs-devel-9.25-2.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3835
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3838
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3839
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
