Directory Traversal Affecting ghostscript-doc package, versions <0:9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GHOSTSCRIPTDOC-7681736
  • published14 Aug 2024
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-33869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-23  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ghostscript-doc to version 0:9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2612.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-doc package and not the ghostscript-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. Path traversal and command execution can occur (via a crafted PostScript document) because of path reduction in base/gpmisc.c. For example, restrictions on use of %pipe% can be bypassed via the aa/../%pipe%command# output filename.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1