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- USN-7103-1
USN-7103-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities
First published: Tue Nov 12 2024(Updated: )
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-46951, CVE-2024-46953, CVE-2024-46955, CVE-2024-46956) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-46952) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS files. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass file path validation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-46954)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 | 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs10 | <10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 | 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs10 | <10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs9 | <9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/ghostscript | <9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14 | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libgs9 | <9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14 | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46954
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46953
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46952
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46951
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46955
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46956
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7138-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7103-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/title
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/severity
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/trending
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/24.10
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/24.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/22.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04