CVE-2019-14817

HIGH

Artifex Ghostscript < 9.50 - Incorrect Authorization

Title source: rule

Description

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures 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.

References (13)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14817

[Patch] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cd1b1cacadac2479e291efe611979bdc1b3bdb19

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0036

EPSS Percentile 58.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-648 CWE-863

Status published

Products (11)

artifex/ghostscript < 9.50

debian/debian_linux 8.0

debian/debian_linux 9.0

debian/debian_linux 10.0

fedoraproject/fedora 29

fedoraproject/fedora 30

fedoraproject/fedora 31

opensuse/leap 15.0

opensuse/leap 15.1

redhat/openshift_container_platform 3.11

... and 1 more

Published Sep 03, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026