#VU93816 Path traversal in Ghostscript - CVE-2024-29511

Vulnerability identifier: #VU93816

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29511

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Ghostscript
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences when Tesseract is used for OCR. A remote attacker can view arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ghostscript: 9.00 - 10.03.0

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External links
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d4cfdc1a44
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7

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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.