Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5760 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5760-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     August 29, 2024                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : ghostscript     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-29506 CVE-2024-29507 CVE-2024-29508 CVE-2024-29509

    Multiple security issues were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL     PostScript/PDF interpreter, which could result in denial of service and     potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files     are processed.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5.

    We recommend that you upgrade your ghostscript packages.

    For the detailed security status of ghostscript please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ghostscript

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-692 advisory.

    Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the pdfi_apply_filter() function     via a long PDF filter name. (CVE-2024-29506)

    Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 sometimes has a stack-based buffer overflow via the CIDFSubstPath and     CIDFSubstFont parameters. (CVE-2024-29507)

    Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed     BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc. (CVE-2024-29508)

    Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a     \000 byte in the middle. (CVE-2024-29509)

    Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that     allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For     example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd. (CVE-2024-29511)

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

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-52192927d8 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-33869

    ----

    Security fixes for CVE-2024-29509, CVE-2024-29508, CVE-2024-29507, CVE-2024-29506

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

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-053b8330a1 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-33869

    ----

    Security fixes for CVE-2024-29509, CVE-2024-29508, CVE-2024-29507, CVE-2024-29506

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6897-1 advisory.

    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)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
206318	Debian dsa-5760 : ghostscript - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
205084	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2024-692)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
204128	Fedora 39 : ghostscript (2024-52192927d8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
203141	Fedora 40 : ghostscript (2024-053b8330a1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
202378	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-6897-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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