ALINUX2-SA-2019%3A0098
Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 2.1903 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-14811: 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. CVE-2019-14812: 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. CVE-2019-14813: 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. CVE-2019-14817: 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.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud | ghostscript |
Timeline
- Oct 18, 2019 CVE Published
- Oct 18, 2019 CVE Updated
References
- ALINUX2-SA-2019:0098: ghostscript security update (Important) advisory
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14811 advisory
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14812 advisory
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14813 advisory
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14817 advisory