Insecure DLL loading in Ghostscript - CVE-2024-33871

Vulnerability identifier: #VU92102

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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-2024-33871

CWE-ID: CWE-427

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Ghostscript
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
ghostscript-doc
libgs-devel
libgs
ghostscript-gtk
ghostscript-cups
ghostscript
ghostscript (Red Hat package)
ghostscript (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript-doc (Ubuntu package)
libgs9 (Ubuntu package)
libgs9-common (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript-x (Ubuntu package)
libgs-dev (Ubuntu package)
ghostscript-help
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf
ghostscript-devel
ghostscript-debugsource
ghostscript-debuginfo
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo
ghostscript-x11
ghostscript (Debian package)
ghostscript-tools-printing
ghostscript-tools-fonts
libgs-common (Ubuntu package)
libgs10 (Ubuntu package)
libgs10-common (Ubuntu package)
app-text/ghostscript-gpl
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP)
Migration Toolkit for Containers

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to the "Driver" parameter for the "opvp"/"oprp" device specifies the name of a dynamic library and allows any library to be loaded. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted document to the application and execute arbitrary library on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected system.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283508
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707754
• https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.03.1/News.html
• https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=7145885041bb52cc23964f0aa2aec1b1c82b5908