Ubuntu 6897-1: Ghostscript Security Advisory Updates
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript. Software Description: - ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter Details: It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain long PDF filter names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29506) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain API parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29507) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain BaseFont names. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-29508) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PDF passwords that contained NULL bytes. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29509) It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain certain file paths when doing OCR. An attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary files and write error messages to arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29511)
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ghostscript 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 libgs10 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 libgs9 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13 libgs9 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6897-1
CVE-2024-29506, CVE-2024-29507, CVE-2024-29508, CVE-2024-29509,
CVE-2024-29511
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Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13