CVE-2013-5653 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 7 Mar 2017 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can read sensitive data via crafted PostScript files because Ghostscript ignores the -dSAFER security flag.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-5653?

CVE-2013-5653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5653?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (9)

`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	All versions	`9.15-17.2`
`ghostscript` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	All versions	`9.15-17.2`

Products include Artifex Afpl Ghostscript, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5653?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-5653 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5653 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5653, GHSA-hh8r-vgv6-7j2f, SUSE-SU-2016:2817-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5653.