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HistoryOct 05, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Important: ghostscript security update

2023-10-0500:00:00
Google
osv.dev
8
ghostscript
command injection
cve-2023

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

22.9%

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

  • ghostscript: vulnerable to OS command injection due to mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (CVE-2023-36664)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

22.9%