Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting libgs-devel package, versions <0:9.25-5.el8_1.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-LIBGSDEVEL-1408665
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 14 Nov 2019
Introduced: 14 Nov 2019
CVE-2019-14869 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8
libgs-devel
to version 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3890
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgs-devel
package and not the libgs-devel
package as distributed by RHEL
.
See How to fix?
for RHEL:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=485904772c5f
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14869
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3890
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/