SUSE update for ghostscript

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU89349

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [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:U/U:Amber]

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 package ghostscript to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

ghostscript-x11: before 9.52-23.74.1

ghostscript-devel: before 9.52-23.74.1

ghostscript-debugsource: before 9.52-23.74.1

ghostscript-x11-debuginfo: before 9.52-23.74.1

ghostscript-debuginfo: before 9.52-23.74.1

ghostscript: before 9.52-23.74.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-x11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-x11-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241568-1/

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.