Incorrect Authorization Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GHOSTSCRIPT-460389
  • published28 Aug 2019
  • disclosed3 Sept 2019

Introduced: 28 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14811  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-648  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 ghostscript to version 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator 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.

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