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Alpine: ghostscript: security update to 9.26-r5

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 404576

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2019-14869)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-14869

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404576

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14869

IAVB: 2019-B-0081-S