CVE-2024-33869 Affecting ghostscript package, versions <0:9.54.0-17.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-GHOSTSCRIPT-10063771
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-33869  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 ghostscript to version 0:9.54.0-17.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:6197.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 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 Base Scores

version 3.1