CVE-2019-14811

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    CVE-2019-14811

    Published: 3 Sept 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14811

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High