CVE-2023-43115

high

Published 2023-11-02 · Modified 2023-11-14

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2, gdevijs.c in GhostPDL can lead to remote code execution via crafted PostScript documents because they can switch to the IJS device, or change the IjsServer parameter, after SAFER has been activated. NOTE: it is a documented risk that the IJS server can be specified on a gs command line (the IJS device inherently must execute a command to start the IJS server).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
debian	bookworm	fixed	`10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6`
debian	forky	fixed	`10.02.0~dfsg-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`10.02.0~dfsg-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`10.02.0~dfsg-1`
sles		affected
almalinux	9	fixed	`ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-11.el9_2.aarch64.rpm`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.