Artifex Ghostscript < 10.01.2 Security Bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 177836

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by a security bypass vulnerability.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade to Artifex Ghostscript 10.01.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177836

File Name: ghostscript_10_01_2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/30/2023

Updated: 9/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript, cpe:/a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Ghostscript

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36664

IAVB: 2023-B-0041-S

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