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CVE-2019-3835

Date: March 25, 2019

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Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (25)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3835

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3835

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-3835

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432

Url: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3835

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-3835

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-3835

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Missing Authorization

CWE-862

Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

CWE-648

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2019-3835

Date: March 25, 2019

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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