Ghostscript vulnerabilities

2024-07-1500:00:00

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ghostscript

vulnerabilities

ubuntu 24.04

ubuntu 22.04

ubuntu 20.04

denial of service

arbitrary code

pdf

postscript

ocr

cve-2024

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

27.2%

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Releases

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

ghostscript - PostScript and PDF interpreter

Details

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain long PDF
filter names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29506)

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain API
parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29507)

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain BaseFont
names. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-29508)

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PDF
passwords that contained NULL bytes. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29509)

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain certain file
paths when doing OCR. An attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary
files and write error messages to arbitrary files. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29511)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu24.04noarchghostscript< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchghostscript-dbgsym< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchghostscript-doc< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchlibgs-common< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchlibgs-dev< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchlibgs10< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchlibgs10-common< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu24.04noarchlibgs10-dbgsym< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchghostscript< 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9UNKNOWN
Ubuntu22.04noarchghostscript-dbgsym< 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	ghostscript	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	ghostscript-dbgsym	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	ghostscript-doc	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	libgs-common	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	libgs-dev	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	libgs10	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	libgs10-common	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	24.04	noarch	libgs10-dbgsym	< 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	22.04	noarch	ghostscript	< 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	22.04	noarch	ghostscript-dbgsym	< 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9	UNKNOWN