Homepage

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ghostscript-mini-devel  (opens in a new tab)

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.09% (88th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-GHOSTSCRIPTMINIDEVEL-2724517
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Nov 2019
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 15 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-14869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The SLES security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for SLES:15.0.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-mini-devel package and not the ghostscript-mini-devel package as distributed by SLES.

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