SUSE update for ghostscript

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU89349

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52722

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in psi/zmisc1.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ghostscript to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Basesystem Module: 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5

openSUSE Leap: 15.5

ghostscript: before 9.52-150000.188.1

ghostscript-devel: before 9.52-150000.188.1

ghostscript-x11-debuginfo: before 9.52-150000.188.1

ghostscript-debuginfo: before 9.52-150000.188.1

ghostscript-x11: before 9.52-150000.188.1

ghostscript-debugsource: before 9.52-150000.188.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241590-1/

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.