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CVE-2019-14869

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.27

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Ghostscript 9.28Windows
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update ghostscript-9.25-2.el7_7.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update ghostscript-9.25-2.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update ghostscript-cups-9.25-2.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update ghostscript-doc-9.25-2.el7_7.3.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update ghostscript-gtk-9.25-2.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update libgs-9.25-2.el7_7.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update libgs-9.25-2.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update libgs-devel-9.25-2.el7_7.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888) ghostscript security update libgs-devel-9.25-2.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
ghostscript security update(DSA-4569-1) ghostscript_9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u6_i386.debLinux
ghostscript security update(DSA-4569-1) ghostscript_9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u6_amd64.debLinux
ghostscript security update(DSA-4569-1) ghostscript_9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u3_i386.debLinux
ghostscript security update(DSA-4569-1) ghostscript_9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u3_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.4_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.4_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3.1_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) libgs9_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.4_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.4_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3.1_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.12_amd64.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12_i386.debLinux
PostScript and PDF interpreter (USN-4193-1) ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12_amd64.debLinux
SUSE-SU-2019:2983-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 ) ghostscript-9.27-23.31.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2019:2983-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 ) ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-23.31.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2019:2983-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 ) ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-23.31.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2019:2983-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 ) ghostscript-x11-9.27-23.31.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2019:2983-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 ) ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-23.31.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Ghostscript update (ELSA-2019-3890) ghostscript-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Ghostscript-tools-dvipdf update (ELSA-2019-3890) ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Ghostscript-tools-fonts update (ELSA-2019-3890) ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Ghostscript-tools-printing update (ELSA-2019-3890) ghostscript-tools-printing-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Ghostscript-x11 update (ELSA-2019-3890) ghostscript-x11-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libgs update (ELSA-2019-3890) libgs-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libgs-devel update (ELSA-2019-3890) libgs-devel-9.25-5.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Ghostscript-doc update (ELSA-2019-3890) ghostscript-doc-9.25-5.el8_1.1.noarch.rpmLinux
Libgs update (ELSA-2019-3890) libgs-9.25-5.el8_1.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libgs-devel update (ELSA-2019-3890) libgs-devel-9.25-5.el8_1.1.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888)Important: security update ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el7_7.3.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:3888)Important: security update ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-2.el7_7.3.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234