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                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838",
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                "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576"
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                "refsource": "REDHAT",
                "name": "RHSA-2019:0652",
                "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652"
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            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2019-d5d9cfd359",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2019-1a2c059afd",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1119",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1121",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.html"
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                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "name": "20190402 [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01)",
                "url": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4"
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            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html",
                "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html"
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            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2019-9f28451404",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "DEBIAN",
                "name": "DSA-4432",
                "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "name": "20190417 [SECURITY] [DSA 4432-1] ghostscript security update",
                "url": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28"
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            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20190423 [SECURITY] [DLA 1761-1] ghostscript security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html"
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                "refsource": "REDHAT",
                "name": "RHSA-2019:0971",
                "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971"
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                "refsource": "GENTOO",
                "name": "GLSA-202004-03",
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                "value": "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."
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