Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 7, 2017· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-5653
CVE-2013-5653
Description
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.
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Affected products
25cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <9.10
- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205
< 9.20-2.1+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.20-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.38.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691nvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96497nvd
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