SUSE update for ghostscript

1) XML External Entity injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU83447

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46751

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ghostscript to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

ghostscript-x11: before 9.52-23.63.1

ghostscript: before 9.52-23.63.1

ghostscript-x11-debuginfo: before 9.52-23.63.1

ghostscript-debugsource: before 9.52-23.63.1

ghostscript-debuginfo: before 9.52-23.63.1

ghostscript-devel: before 9.52-23.63.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-x11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-x11-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234917-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.