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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704569
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4569-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-4569-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ghostscript' package(s) announced via the DSA-4569-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Manfred Paul and Lukas Schauer reported that the .charkeys procedure in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, does not properly restrict privileged calls, which could result in bypass of file system restrictions of the dSAFER sandbox.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 9.26a~
dfsg-0+deb9u6.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 9.27~
dfsg-2+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

For the detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'ghostscript' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-14869
Bugtraq: 20191118 [SECURITY] [DSA 4569-1] ghostscript security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0222
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2534 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2535 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html
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