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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-14811: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2021-1598)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-14811: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2021-1598)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/03/2019
Created
02/23/2021
Added
02/22/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-cups
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgs-devel

References

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