CVE-2023-36664 Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-36664 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-36664 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 25 Jun 2023.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36664 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Artifex Ghostscript. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36664/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36664/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-36664?
CVE-2023-36664 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 25 Jun 2023.
Official description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-36664?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
ghostscript AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-doc AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-printing AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-x11 AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
libgs AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
libgs-devel AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-printing Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-x11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
libgs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
libgs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-tools-printing Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
libgs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
libgs-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:9.54.0-10.el9_2 |
ghostscript Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-doc Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-tools-fonts Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-tools-printing Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-x11 Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
libgs Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:9.54.0-7.el9_0.1 |
Products include Artifex Ghostscript, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2023-36664?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2023-36664 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36664 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 4 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2023-36664, ALSA-2023:5459, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-36664, DSA-5446-1, GHSA-9gf6-5j7x-x3m9, RHSA-2023:4324 and 7 more.