Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-33870
Medium 6.3
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 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
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-2024-33870 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33870 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33870 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33870 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 10.03.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-33870 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33870 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 | DSA-5692-1 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.03.1~dfsg~git20240518-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33870 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.03.1~dfsg~git20240518-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33870 |
| 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-2024-33870 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-33870 |
| 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:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L