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CVE-2019-14811 (GCVE-0-2019-14811)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-03 15:17 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator 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.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Artifex Software ghostscript Affected: ghostscript versions prior to 9.28
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