jvndb - jvndb-2019-012236

jvndb-2019-012236

Vulnerability from jvndb

Published

2020-02-05 13:51

Modified

2020-02-13 16:36

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Ghostscript access restriction bypass vulnerability

Details

Ghostscript provided by Artifex Software Inc. contains an access restriction bypass vulnerability (CWE-284). Hiroki MATSUKUMA of Cyber Defense Institute, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

▼	Type	URL
	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
	CVE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14869
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14869
	Related document	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
	Permissions(CWE-264)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Artifex Software	Ghostscript

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  "dc:date": "2020-02-13T16:36+09:00",
  "dcterms:issued": "2020-02-05T13:51+09:00",
  "dcterms:modified": "2020-02-13T16:36+09:00",
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  "link": "https://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2019/JVNDB-2019-012236.html",
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    "@product": "Ghostscript",
    "@vendor": "Artifex Software",
    "@version": "2.2"
  },
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      "@score": "6.8",
      "@severity": "Medium",
      "@type": "Base",
      "@vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
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    },
    {
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      "@severity": "High",
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    },
    {
      "#text": "https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html",
      "@id": "CWE-264",
      "@title": "Permissions(CWE-264)"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Ghostscript access restriction bypass vulnerability"
}

cve-2019-14869

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2019-11-15 11:55

Modified

2024-08-05 00:26

Severity ?

7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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

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	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Ghostscript

ghostscript

Version: all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28

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