Mageia: 2025-0170 critical: ghostscript cleartext issue
mageia
May 28, 2025
gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case
Summary
gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript
before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF
document includes its password in cleartext. (CVE-2025-48708)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34307
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/23/2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48708
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/ghostscript-10.05.1-1.mga9
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Publication date: 28 May 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0170.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-48708
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