ALSA-2023:5459: Security update for 8 packages

ALSA-2023:5459, released October 5, 2023, fixes 1 CVE across 8 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

8.4

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0385

90th percentile

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
ghostscript	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
ghostscript-doc	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
ghostscript-tools-fonts	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
ghostscript-tools-printing	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
ghostscript-x11	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
libgs	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2
libgs-devel	almalinux 9	9.54.0-10.el9_2

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2023-36664	ghostscript: Artifex Ghostscript before 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the \|...	8.4	0.0385	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2023-36664

RLSA-2023:5459
ghostscript on rocky 9
ELSA-2023-5459
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on ol 9
RHSA-2023:5459
ghostscript, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf and 5 more on RHEL 9
ALAS2023-2023-276
ghostscript, ghostscript-debuginfo, ghostscript-debugsource and 11 more on amzn 2023
DSA-5446-1
ghostscript on Debian 11.6 (bullseye), Debian 12.15 (bookworm)
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-36664
ghostscript on Debian 13.5 (trixie), Debian 14
ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.8
ghostscript on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.3
ghostscript on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy)

Vendor advisory

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2023:5459

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