Impact: Important Public Date: 2019-08-12 CWE: CWE-648 Bugzilla: 1737080: CVE-2019-10216 ghostscript: -dSAFER escape via .buildfont1 (701394) It was found that the .buildfont1 procedure did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges and access files outside of restricted areas.
Find out more about CVE-2019-10216 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 7.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | Low |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | ghostscript | Affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript | Affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | Out of support scope |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Out of support scope |
Please refer to the "Mitigation" section of CVE-2018-16509 : https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16509