CVE-2019-14811
ghostscript - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.70%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-14811
To remediate CVE-2019-14811, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.27-r3 or later
- —upgrade to 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u5 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5 or later
Is CVE-2019-14811 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 9.27-r3
- from 0, < 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u5
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |