CVE-2019-14812

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-14812
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-27 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug Access Denied CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Permissions Required
Red Hat Customer Portal CONFIRM access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ghostscript-9.27-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ghostscript-9.27-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists CONFIRM lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
1743754 – (CVE-2019-14812) CVE-2019-14812 ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setuserparams (701444) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202004-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296079 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 15.5.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 377082 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0098)
  • 377128 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0123)
  • 378191 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libgs-devel (VZLSA-2019:2586)
  • 500212 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503955 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
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