CVE-2019-14817

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-14817
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-09-03T16:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-16T13:21:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.50
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=cd1b1cacadac2479e291efe611979bdc1b3bdb19 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14817 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518 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 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.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 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14817
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:07:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 02:12:56 2019-09-03T16:15Z 2019-09-03T16:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 02:12:56 2020-10-16T13:21:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 02:12:56 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated