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.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5692-1 ghostscript security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6835-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Artifex
Artifex ghostscript
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Artifex
Artifex ghostscript

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-22
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-31T17:23:01.163Z

Reserved: 2024-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-33869

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:42:59.952Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-03T19:15:03.767

Modified: 2025-04-16T19:14:53.497

Link: CVE-2024-33869

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-33869 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses