Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-33869
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in the ghostscript package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. Path traversal and command execution can occur (via a crafted PostScript document) because of path reduction in base/gpmisc.c. For example, restrictions on use of %pipe% can be bypassed via the aa/../%pipe%command# output filename.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-doc | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libgs | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libgs-devel | 9.54.0-17.el9_4 | ALSA-2024:6197 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 | DSA-5692-1 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.03.1~dfsg~git20240518-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.03.1~dfsg~git20240518-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | ghostscript | 0:9.54.0-17.el9_4 | RLSA-2024:6197 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 | USN-6835-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-33869 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1 | USN-6835-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L