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usn-4111-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-08-29 01:31
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
Details

Hiroki Matsukuma discovered that the PDF interpreter in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when ‘-dSAFER’ restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files. (CVE-2019-14811, CVE-2019-14812, CVE-2019-14813, CVE-2019-14817)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Hiroki Matsukuma discovered that the PDF interpreter in Ghostscript\ndid not properly restrict privileged calls when \u2018-dSAFER\u2019\nrestrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were\ntricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files.\n(CVE-2019-14811, CVE-2019-14812, CVE-2019-14813, CVE-2019-14817)\n",
  "id": "USN-4111-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:37Z",
  "published": "2019-08-29T01:31:45Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4111-1"
    },
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "ghostscript vulnerabilities",
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}



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