ubuntu-cve-2013-5653
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-12-31 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ghostscript",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3",
        "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ghostscript",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3",
        "9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4",
        "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1",
        "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5653",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:40Z",
  "published": "2013-12-31T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5653"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694724"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=ab109aaeb3ddba59518b036fb288402a65cf7ce8"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/651"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5653"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3148-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-5653"
  ]
}



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