It was found that the ghostscript functions getenv and filenameforall did not honor the -dSAFER option, usually used when processing untrusted documents, leading to information disclosure. A specially crafted postscript document could read environment variable and list directory respectively, from the target.
Find out more about CVE-2013-5653 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 4.3 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
CVSS3 Base Score | 4 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ghostscript) | RHSA-2017:0013 | 2017-01-04 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ghostscript) | RHSA-2017:0014 | 2017-01-04 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ghostscript | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Will not fix |