An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. There is path traversal (via a crafted PostScript document) to arbitrary files if the current directory is in the permitted paths. For example, there can be a transformation of ../../foo to ./../../foo and this will grant access if ./ is permitted.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-c45c747f02 advisory.

    Security fixes for CVE-2024-33870, CVE-2024-29510

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    Fix for issues in gating

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    Security fix for CVE-2024-33871

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 SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2292-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-29510: Fixed an arbitrary path traversal when running in a       permitted path (bsc#1226945).
    - CVE-2024-33870: Fixed a format string injection that could lead to       command execution (bsc#1226944).
    - CVE-2024-33869: Fixed a path validation bypass that could lead to       path traversal (bsc#1226946).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2276-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-29510: Fixed an arbitrary path traversal when running in a       permitted path (bsc#1226945).
    - CVE-2024-33870: Fixed a format string injection that could lead to       command execution (bsc#1226944).
    - CVE-2024-33869: Fixed a path validation bypass that could lead to       path traversal (bsc#1226946).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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-f433c5c4da advisory.

    Security fixes for CVE-2024-33870, CVE-2024-29510

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 / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6835-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript did not properly restrict eexec seeds to those specified by the Type 1     Font Format standard when SAFER mode is used. An attacker could use this issue to bypass SAFER     restrictions and cause unspecified impact. (CVE-2023-52722) This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.10.

    Thomas Rinsma discovered that Ghostscript did not prevent changes to uniprint device argument strings     after SAFER is activated, resulting in a format-string vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this     to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-29510)

    Zdenek Hutyra discovered that Ghostscript did not properly perform path reduction when validating paths.
    An attacker could use this to access file locations outside of those allowed by SAFER policy and possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-33869)

    Zdenek Hutyra discovered that Ghostscript did not properly check arguments when reducing paths. An     attacker could use this to access file locations outside of those allowed by SAFER policy.
    (CVE-2024-33870)

    Zdenek Hutyra discovered that the Driver parameter for Ghostscript's opvp/oprp device allowed     specifying the name of an arbitrary dynamic library to load. An attacker could use this to execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-33871)

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.

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 10.03.1. See vendor advisory for more details. 

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5692 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5692-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     May 15, 2024                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : ghostscript     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-52722 CVE-2024-29510 CVE-2024-33869 CVE-2024-33870                      CVE-2024-33871

    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 oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed     in version 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4.

    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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
201987	Fedora 39 : ghostscript (2024-c45c747f02)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
201872	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2024:2292-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
201320	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2024:2276-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
201300	Fedora 40 : ghostscript (2024-f433c5c4da)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
200676	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-6835-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
200487	Artifex Ghostscript < 10.03.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
197169	Debian dsa-5692 : ghostscript - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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