Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-14869
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 50.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.3
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27
Products affected by CVE-2019-14869
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.00
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.01
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.02
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.04
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.05
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.06
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.07
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.09
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.10
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.14
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.15
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.16
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.18
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.19
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.21
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.22
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.23
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.24
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.25
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.26
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.27
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.28
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1