Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.54.0-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2544 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 10.03.0 / 9.55.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-067-01 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

  - A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This     issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN     device with gs. (CVE-2023-38559)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b240ebd9aa advisory.

    Automatic update for ghostscript-10.01.2-1.fc39.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Fri Jul 14 2023 Michael J Gruber <mjg@fedoraproject.org> - 10.01.2-1
    - rebase to bugfix release 10.01.2 (rhbz#2182090)
    - fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217806)

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-5459 advisory.

    - fix for CVE-2023-36664

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:5459 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:5459 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5459 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202309-03 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Ghostscript, which occurs when it tries to render a     large number of bits in memory. When allocating a buffer device, it relies on an init_device_procs defined     for the device that uses it as a prototype that depends upon the number of bits per pixel. For bpp > 64,     mem_x_device is used and does not have an init_device_procs defined. This flaw allows an attacker to parse     a large number of bits (more than 64 bits per pixel), which triggers a NULL pointer dereference flaw,     causing an application to crash. (CVE-2022-2085)

  - In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential corruption of data     internal to the PostScript interpreter, in base/sbcp.c. This affects BCPEncode, BCPDecode, TBCPEncode, and     TBCPDecode. If the write buffer is filled to one byte less than full, and one then tries to write an     escaped character, two bytes are written. (CVE-2023-28879)

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-276 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4324 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-83c805b441 advisory.

    fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217805)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2844-1 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-d8a1c3e5e2 advisory.

    rebase to bugfix release 10.01.2 (rhbz#2182090)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2829-1 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6213-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled pipe devices. If a user or automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute     arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5446 advisory.

  - Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe%     prefix or the | pipe character prefix). (CVE-2023-36664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Artifex Ghostscript prior to 10.01.2 due to mishandling permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix) An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, to bypass authentication.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
197115	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2024-2544)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
196514	RHEL 6 : ghostscript (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
191721	Slackware Linux 15.0 / current ghostscript Vulnerability (SSA:2024-067-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high
188976	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2895)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188960	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2785)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188931	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2809)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188778	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2876)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
185329	Fedora 39 : ghostscript (2023-b240ebd9aa)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
182736	Oracle Linux 9 : ghostscript (ELSA-2023-5459)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
182725	Rocky Linux 9 : ghostscript (RLSA-2023:5459)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
182693	AlmaLinux 9 : ghostscript (ALSA-2023:5459)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
182595	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:5459)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
181507	GLSA-202309-03 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
179806	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2023-276)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
179053	RHEL 9 : ghostscript (RHSA-2023:4324)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
178742	Fedora 37 : ghostscript (2023-83c805b441)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
178411	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:2844-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
178324	Fedora 38 : ghostscript (2023-d8a1c3e5e2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
178312	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2023:2829-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
178108	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-6213-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
177911	Debian DSA-5446-1 : ghostscript - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
177836	Artifex Ghostscript < 10.01.2 Security Bypass	Nessus	Windows	high

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