Amazon Linux AMI update for ghostscript



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-52722
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Operating systems & Components / Operating system

ghostscript
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

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 packages:

aarch64:
    libgs-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-x11-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-tools-printing-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    libgs-devel-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-gtk-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    libgs-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    ghostscript-debugsource-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64

noarch:
    ghostscript-doc-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.noarch

src:
    ghostscript-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.src

x86_64:
    ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    libgs-devel-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    libgs-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-tools-printing-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-gtk-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-x11-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    libgs-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    ghostscript-debugsource-9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

ghostscript: before 9.56.1-7

CPE2.3 External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-628.html


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.



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