Critical Ghostscript Security Advisory for Ubuntu: Addressing Multiple Vulnerabilities
Summary
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6835-1 June 17, 2024 ghostscript vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript. Software Description: - ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter Details: It was discovered that Ghostscript did not properly restrict eexec seeds to those specified by the Type 1 Font Format standard when SAFER mode is used. An attacker could use this issue to bypass SAFER restrictions and cause unspecified impact. (CVE-2023-52722) This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.10. Thomas Rinsma discovered that Ghostscript did not prevent changes to uniprint device argument strings after SAFER is activated, resulting in a format-string vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-29510) Zdenek Hutyra discovered that Ghostscri...
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1 ghostscript-doc 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1 Ubuntu 23.10 ghostscript 10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3 ghostscript-doc 10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3 ghostscript-x 10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 ghostscript-doc 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 ghostscript-x 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12 ghostscript-doc 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12 ghostscript-x 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6835-1
CVE-2023-52722, CVE-2024-29510, CVE-2024-33869, CVE-2024-33870,
CVE-2024-33871
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.01.2~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEETB/nIDy9nvCSgAUj3gXQmO/Tr3wFAmZwxK4ACgkQ3gXQmO/T r3yOAQ/+NUTiKTAkI/XpceJpULY0tJiBZR37xhnxiKSuFoAQY5RrRuGxpC6sPXwi 16Xoyo2gvDEfeaV4zn/jCfw4Lf4L1+JNbAOS1Yvnvg0Ags+b/bAUAlMV0E+7Jyap gVbd7T8c2oIMFFq6S78qi5Gl4kyHYiVAgxZNtJiMztTpF+qG2frcObLIW5JpzQZ3 mZIRtoSAjyhKOoAfq2BXq/nuk0GzXu4wGEN2FEag6VRRW92Ti0rfdYjNYgcQ44Ii VTM5bYtvIjqI+uLbUEUiPQ91OZ4yg3K/pTRLnIVyoAo95Huqc6N+lZmXD97yokXj m4BU1iWSFBUS2kf/3aoNtkGqhIv/2sGYs3CNHBC23eE7IXsBbwaCpeF8Ogsx2eKe phpJMeCtvdTmq4+s0l5r4mwAKhHuvklQGwHe/5sDpJbZTW1qtdWmFzXaiKyHGDDw 0nEyKkRKP0c3yC6I0Aht2gVk/pYiwhpVe5TGICl0lbRXO7DEEU5ns2t+C0xnMBz4 cV2FE6rouRDJTlFPWtLmxT0BpHn+xBMLabEuPFJAlXRjy9dLKPrZVgkXe/9NROQm hUCuuKAHLKWK8rZC1c3T2DiE9dDQZs9KUZRKB0ZhZzLYC+pGu8DW9Ud6NDMB3LAO yDANPKeEG+09Ho2u4NbhbuLUMSzvNazZDpm2ZMi1vECul/nZ/ns= =WJrB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----