CVE-2024-33869 Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2410-GHOSTSCRIPT-8191519
  • published15 Oct 2024
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-33869  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.10 ghostscript to version 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.10 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

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