CVE-2019-14813

HIGH

Description

A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams 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.

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-09-06

Updated: 2020-10-16

Type: CWE-863

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL