DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5653

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5653
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5653
Upstream
Published
2017-03-07T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:40Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER" argument, which allows remote attackers to read data via a crafted postscript file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}