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RHSA-2019:2591

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2019-09-02 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:04

Summary

security update for ghostscript

Severity

Important

Notes

Title of the patch: security update for ghostscript

Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2019:2591. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2591.

Patchnames: RHSA-2019:2591

CVE-2019-14811

7.3 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Recommended 10 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ghostscript-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ghostscript-doc-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ghostscript-tools-fonts-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ghostscript-tools-printing-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ghostscript-x11-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:libgs-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:libgs-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:libgs-devel-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.i686	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:libgs-devel-0:9.25-2.el8_0.3.x86_64	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact moderate

CVE-2019-14812

7.3 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Recommended 10 products, the same list as for CVE-2019-14811

Threats

Impact moderate

CVE-2019-14813

7.3 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Recommended 10 products, the same list as for CVE-2019-14811

Threats

Impact moderate

CVE-2019-14817

7.3 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Recommended 10 products, the same list as for CVE-2019-14811

Threats

Impact moderate

References

15 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/r…	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14811/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14812/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14813/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14817/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14811	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1146882	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14812	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1146882	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14813	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1146882	external
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14817	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1146882	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1146884	external

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CVE-2019-14811 (GCVE-0-2019-14811)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-03 15:17 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26

Summary

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.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-648

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

12 references

URL	Tags
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Artifex Software	ghostscript	Affected: ghostscript versions prior to 9.28

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CVE-2019-14812 (GCVE-0-2019-14812)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-27 13:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26

Summary

A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, 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.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-648

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

6 references

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Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	ghostscript	Affected: all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50

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CVE-2019-14813 (GCVE-0-2019-14813)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-06 13:27 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26

Summary

A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, 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.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-648

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

13 references

URL	Tags
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http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=co…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Artifex Software	ghostscript	Affected: ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.28

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CVE-2019-14817 (GCVE-0-2019-14817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-03 15:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26

Summary

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 the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-648

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

13 references

URL	Tags
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http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=co…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Artifex Software	ghostscript	Affected: ghostscript versions prior to 9.28

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RHSA-2019:2591

CVE-2019-14811 (GCVE-0-2019-14811)

CVE-2019-14812 (GCVE-0-2019-14812)

CVE-2019-14813 (GCVE-0-2019-14813)

CVE-2019-14817 (GCVE-0-2019-14817)

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