SUSE update for ghostscript

1) Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

EUVDB-ID: #VU81977

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43115

CWE-ID: CWE-676 - Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists in gdevijs.c in GhostPDL due to the way PostScript handles IJS device change. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted document that will switch to the IJS device, start the IJS server and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ghostscript to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Basesystem Module: 15-SP4 - 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

openSUSE Leap: 15.4 - 15.5

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2 - 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.2 - 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2 - 4.3

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

ghostscript-x11: before 9.52-150000.173.2

ghostscript-x11-debuginfo: before 9.52-150000.173.2

ghostscript: before 9.52-150000.173.2

ghostscript-debuginfo: before 9.52-150000.173.2

ghostscript-debugsource: before 9.52-150000.173.2

ghostscript-devel: before 9.52-150000.173.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp3_ltss:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp2_ltss:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp1_ltss:15-SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15_sp2_ltss:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15_sp1_ltss:15-SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_enterprise_storage:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_retail_branch_server:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_server:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_proxy:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_caas_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-x11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-x11-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233984-1/

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.