Relative Path Traversal Affecting ghostscript package, versions [,10.03.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GHOSTSCRIPT-7411212
  • published27 Jun 2024
  • disclosed16 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 May 2024

CVE-2024-33870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-23  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ghostscript to version 10.03.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal through the manipulation of file paths that are not adequately sanitized. An attacker can access or modify sensitive files by crafting malicious file paths that exploit the improper handling of file names.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1