CVE-2019-14869

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-14869
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-15 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

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 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4569-1] ghostscript security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.27-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2019-14869 ghostscript: -dSAFER escape in .charkeys MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.27-2.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Bug Access Denied CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Permissions Required
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: ghostscript-9.27-2.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ghostscript-9.27-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2535-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
JVN#52486659: Ghostscript access restriction bypass vulnerability JVN jvn.jp Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2534-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1768911 – (CVE-2019-14869) CVE-2019-14869 ghostscript: -dSAFER escape in .charkeys (701841) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ghostscript-9.27-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ghostscript-9.27-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.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

  • 296071 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 27.82.1 Missing (CPUOCT2020)
  • 376898 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0001)
  • 377128 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0123)
  • 378272 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-cups (VZLSA-2019:3888)
  • 500214 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503957 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
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