Bug 1743737 (CVE-2019-14813)

Summary:	CVE-2019-14813 ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setsystemparams (701443)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Cedric Buissart <cbuissar>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	chazlett, deekej, mosvald, sbunciak, security-response-team, twaugh, zdohnal
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	ghostscript 9.50	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the setsystemparams 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.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-09-02 13:07:22 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1744003, 1744004, 1744005, 1744006, 1747906
Bug Blocks:	1743530

Description Cedric Buissart 2019-08-20 14:50:37 UTC

In Ghostscript 9.27, some ephemeral routines in setsystemparams can expose .forceput operator when hooking errors. This issue is similar to upstream bug https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317. 

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=blob;f=Resource/Init/gs_lev2.ps;h=98d55fe74251e2b8f384a0a97d0a92a9f88949b6;hb=ebfaa2db4cb518a2bc99c1532d4429201a13dfab#l227

 227          //pssystemparams 3 1 roll .forceput    % pssystemparams is read-only
 228        } executeonly
 229        { pop pop
 230        }
 231       ifelse
 232     }
 233    forall pop

Reference:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701443

Comment 1 Cedric Buissart 2019-08-20 14:51:49 UTC

Upstream fix :
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33

Comment 4 Cedric Buissart 2019-08-21 06:42:57 UTC

Mitigation:

Please refer to the "Mitigation" section of CVE-2018-16509 : https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16509

Comment 10 Cedric Buissart 2019-08-27 15:21:33 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Artifex Software
Upstream: Hiroki MATSUKUMA (Cyber Defense Institute)

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2019-09-02 07:54:01 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2586 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2586

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2019-09-02 07:54:23 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2019:2591 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2591

Comment 13 Cedric Buissart 2019-09-02 08:52:57 UTC

Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1747906]

Comment 14 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-09-02 13:07:22 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14813