ghsa-c87p-jj8p-c38g
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 17:01
Modified
2022-05-24 17:01
Details

A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28, 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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-14869"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-11-15T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28, 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-c87p-jj8p-c38g",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T17:01:23Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:01:22Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14869"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=485904772c5f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html"
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    {
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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