FKIE_CVE-2019-14869

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-15 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:19
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841Permissions Required
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript *
fedoraproject fedora 29
fedoraproject fedora 30
fedoraproject fedora 31
opensuse leap 15.0
opensuse leap 15.1
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