OS Command Injection Affecting ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package, versions <0:9.54.0-10.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSDVIPDF-5939636
  • published27 Jun 2023
  • disclosed27 Jun 2023

Introduced: 27 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-36664  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf to version 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:5459.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1