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CVE-2019-14869 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Red Hat, Inc.
Base Score:  7.3 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L


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Hyperlink 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;a=commitdiff;h=485904772c5f Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/ Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/ Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/ Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27 Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Reference acceptance level Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-14869
NVD Published Date:
11/15/2019
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2020
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.