CVE-2023-4504: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023...

USN-6391-1 cups vulnerability

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

PT-2023-5738

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CUPS versions prior to 2.4.7 Description The issue is related to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, making CUPS and libppd susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code...

SUSE CVE-2016-8602

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0142)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0430)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2018-15908

It was discovered that the ghostscript .tempfile function did not properly handle file permissions. An attacker could possibly exploit this to exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and delete files or disclose their content via a specially crafted PostScript document. Mitigation Please se...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2021-1193)

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - psi/ztoken.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 mishandles references to the scanner state structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1176)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1215)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1016)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2016-1050)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-1205)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-2586)

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 has a heap-based buffer over-read leading to denial of service application crash or disclosure of sensitive informati...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-2370)

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the...

CVE-2018-15911

It was discovered that ghostscript did not properly verify the key used in aesdecode. An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and crash ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the ghostscript context via a specially crafted PostScript document...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : ghostscript Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0145)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has ghostscript packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - It was discovered that the ghostscript /invalidaccess checks fail under certain conditions. An attacker could possibly exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0054)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has ghostscript packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - It was discovered that the ghostscript PDF14 compositor did not properly handle the copying of a device. An attacker could possibly exploit thi...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0035)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has ghostscript packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - The settextdistance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent...

ghostscript: status command permitted with -dSAFER in psi/zfile.c allowing attackers to identify the size and existence of files

Ghostscript did not honor the -dSAFER option when executing the "status" instruction, which can be used to retrieve information such as a file's existence and size. A specially crafted postscript document could use this flow to gain information on the targeted system's filesystem content...