SB2024070521 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript

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SB2024070521 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript

Published: July 5, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024070521
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 75% Low 25%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29508)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the pdf_base_font_alloc() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PDF file to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29507)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing the CIDFSubstPath and CIDFSubstFont parameters. A remote attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


3) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29506)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the pdfi_apply_filter() function via a long PDF filter name. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


4) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29509)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing passwords, when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a 00 byte in the middle. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass a specially crafted password to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References