Fedora 40 update for ghostscript

Published: 2024-06-27 | Updated: 2024-07-19

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-33870 CVE-2024-29510
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-134
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Vulnerability #2 is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system ghostscript Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU92284

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33870

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 when handling oaths. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 40

ghostscript: before 10.02.1-10.fc40

External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-f433c5c4da

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.

2) Format string error

EUVDB-ID: #VU92282

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 9.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29510

CWE-ID: CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Exploit availability: Yes