Alpine: multiple ghostscript packages: security update to 9.26-r2

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423955

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before
9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the
file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. (CVE-2019-3835)

- It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript
before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access
to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. (CVE-2019-3838)

- In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system
operators, leading to remote code execution. (CVE-2019-6116)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423955

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.21

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3835, CVE-2019-3838, CVE-2019-6116

BID: 106700, 107520, 107855

IAVB: 2019-B-0022-S

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