Directory Traversal Affecting libgs package, versions <0:9.27-16.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LIBGS-9919608
  • published2 May 2025
  • disclosed10 Nov 2024

Introduced: 10 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-46954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libgs to version 0:9.27-16.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-4362.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.

CVSS Base Scores

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