#VU18055 OS Command Injection in Ghostscript - CVE-2019-3838 

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#VU18055 OS Command Injection in Ghostscript - CVE-2019-3838

Published: March 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18055
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3838
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ghostscript
Software vendor:
Artifex Software, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing PostScript files with Ghostscript. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim to open it and execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

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