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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.
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.11/06/2023 10:05:19 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cd1b1cacadac2479e291efe611979bdc1b3bdb19 [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/ [No types assigned]
Added
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ [No types assigned]
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=cd1b1cacadac2479e291efe611979bdc1b3bdb19
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
Removed
Reference
Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
Modified Analysis by NIST10/16/2020 9:21:13 AM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.28
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.50
Removed
CVSS V3
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-863
Removed
CWE
NIST CWE-264
Changed
Reference Type
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html No Types Assigned
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html No Types Assigned
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html No Types Assigned
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ No Types Assigned
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/ No Types Assigned
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ No Types Assigned
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15 No Types Assigned
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 No Types Assigned
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518 No Types Assigned
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518 Third Party Advisory
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.11/18/2019 4:15:12 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Changed
Description
A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.28, 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.
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.
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.10/11/2019 12:15:12 AM
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