Summary
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.
Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | ghostscript | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | ghostscript-doc | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | libgs | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | libgs-devel | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —CVE-2023-36664 Public exploit
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | p…