Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2019148120000000
Revision Date:2019-11-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-14812 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-14812
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND ghostscript package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11').
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