CVE-2013-5653

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2013-5653 · Published 07/03/2017 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-5653 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting afpl ghostscript (artifex).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
afpl ghostscript artifex	`= 9.10`	No fix yet

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.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/5 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/96497
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

afpl ghostscript

artifex

= 9.10

No fix yet

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