CVE-2019-14813

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

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se detectó un fallo en ghostscript, versiones 9.x versiones anteriores a la 9.50, en el procedimiento setsystemparams donde no aseguraba apropiadamente sus llamadas privilegiadas, permitiendo a los scripts omitir las restricciones "-dSAFER". Un archivo PostScript especialmente diseñado podría deshabilitar la protección de seguridad y entonces tener acceso al sistema de archivos o ejecutar comandos arbitrarios.

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.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.14. All container images have been rebuilt with updated versions of golang. Unbounded memory growth issues were addressed.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-08-10 CVE Reserved
2019-09-02 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-05-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33	X_refsource_confirm
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14813	2019-09-02
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1743737	2019-09-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Artifex Search vendor "Artifex"		Ghostscript Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript"				>= 9.00 <= 9.50 Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript" and version " >= 9.00 <= 9.50"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				3.11 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "3.11"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				4.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				29 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "29"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected