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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-36664): Ghostscript vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-36664): Ghostscript vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/25/2023
Created
07/12/2023
Added
07/11/2023
Modified
07/17/2023

Description

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscript

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