Fedora ghostscript CVE-2019-14869 Permission Bypass Vulnerability

Description

A flaw was found in the `.charkeys` procedure, where it 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 within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.

Affected Applications

ghostscript

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