Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting ghostscript-x11 package, versions <0:9.25-2.el8_0.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTX11-3435832
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Aug 2019
Introduced: 12 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-10216 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-x11 to version 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2465.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-x11 package and not the ghostscript-x11 package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In ghostscript before version 9.50, the .buildfont1 procedure 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 and access files outside of restricted areas.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=5b85ddd19
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10216
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10216
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2465
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5b85ddd19