CVE-2019-14811: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfhookDSCCreator 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 fi...

Oracle Linux 7 : ghostscript (ELSA-2019-2586)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2586 advisory. - Resolves: 1744008 - CVE-2019-14811 ghostscript: Safer Mode Bypass by .forceput Exposure in .pdfhookDSCCreator 701445 - Resolves: 1744012 -...

CVE-2019-14817: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures 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...

RHEL 7 : ghostscript (RHSA-2019:2586)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2586 advisory. The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap...

RHEL 8 : ghostscript (RHSA-2019:2591)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2591 advisory. The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap...

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator (701445)

A flaw was found in the .pdfhookDSCCreator 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fr...

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setuserparams (701444)

A flaw was found in the .setuserparams2 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...

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setsystemparams (701443)

A flaw was found in the setsystemparams 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...

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdfexectoken and other procedures (701450)

A flaw was found in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fr...

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setuserparams (701444)

A flaw was found in the .setuserparams2 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...

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdfexectoken and other procedures (701450)

A flaw was found in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures 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...

ghostscript security update

9.25-2.2 - Resolves: 1744008 - CVE-2019-14811 ghostscript: Safer Mode Bypass by .forceput Exposure in .pdfhookDSCCreator 701445 - Resolves: 1744012 - CVE-2019-14812 ghostscript: Safer Mode Bypass by .forceput Exposure in setuserparams 701444 - Resolves: 1744003 - CVE-2019-14813 ghostscript: Safer...

Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability: It was found that 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...

MGASA-2019-0236 Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability: It was found that 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...

ghostscript, libgs security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2019:2281 An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2019:2281)

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

USN-4111-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Hiroki Matsukuma discovered that the PDF interpreter in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when ‘-dSAFER’ restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access...

USN-4111-1 ghostscript vulnerabilities

Hiroki Matsukuma discovered that the PDF interpreter in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when ‘-dSAFER’ restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access...