usn-6897-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-07-15 11:27
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
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)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain long PDF\nfilter names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nGhostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29506)\n\nIt was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain API\nparameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29507)\n\nIt was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain BaseFont\nnames. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2024-29508)\n\nIt was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PDF\npasswords that contained NULL bytes. An attacker could use this issue to\ncause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29509)\n\nIt was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain certain file\npaths when doing OCR. An attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary\nfiles and write error messages to arbitrary files. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29511)\n",
  "id": "USN-6897-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:10Z",
  "published": "2024-07-15T11:27:33Z",
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    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    },
    {
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "ghostscript vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29506",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29507",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29508",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29509",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29511"
  ]
}



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