DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14869

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14869
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Upstream
Published
2019-11-15T12:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:39Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.50~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.50~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.50~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.50~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}