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CVE-2019-14813

A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams procedure where it did not properly se

A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams procedure 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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.08454
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-648Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
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Affected Products & Versions

12
artifex ghostscript>= 9.00 and <= 9.50
redhat openshift container platformall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD06 Sep 2019 · 02:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

8
rhsaRHSA-2019:2534Low
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2222-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2223-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:2478-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:2460-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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