CVE-2019-14869

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.
References
Link Resource
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27 Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html - Third Party Advisory () http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841 - Permissions Required () https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841 - Permissions Required
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f - () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/ -
References () https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27 - Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:05

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-17f42f585a', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=485904772c5f', 'name': 'https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=485904772c5f', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-6cdb10aa59', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2019-7debdd1807', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/ -
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  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/ -

Information

Published : 2019-11-15 12:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:27


NVD link : CVE-2019-14869

Mitre link : CVE-2019-14869

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-14869


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Products Affected

opensuse

  • leap

fedoraproject

  • fedora

artifex

  • ghostscript
CWE
CWE-648

Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource