Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package, versions <0:9.27-16.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSDVIPDF-10043157
  • published6 May 2025
  • disclosed30 Apr 2025

Introduced: 30 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2024-46953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf to version 0:9.27-16.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:4362.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package and not the ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1