1227380 – (CVE-2024-29508) VUL-0: CVE-2024-29508: ghostscript: heap pointer leak in pdf_base_font_alloc()

Bug 1227380 (CVE-2024-29508) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-29508: ghostscript: heap pointer leak in pdf_base_font_alloc()

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-29508: ghostscript: heap pointer leak in pdf_base_font_alloc()

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Alias:	CVE-2024-29508

Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Johannes Meixner
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/412815/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-29508:4.4:(AV:...
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Clone This Bug

Reported:	2024-07-04 08:43 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified:	2024-07-17 20:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Found By:	Security Response Team
Services Priority:
Business Priority:
Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---
IT Deployment:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description SMASH SMASH 2024-07-04 08:43:13 UTC

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.

References:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-29508
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29508
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707662
https://codeanlabs.com/blog/research/cve-2024-29510-ghostscript-format-string-exploitation/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295627

Comment 8 Maintenance Automation 2024-07-17 20:30:01 UTC

SUSE-SU-2024:2547-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1227380
CVE References: CVE-2024-29508
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:34800](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/34800/)
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src):
 ghostscript-9.52-23.83.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src):
 ghostscript-9.52-23.83.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src):
 ghostscript-9.52-23.83.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src):
 ghostscript-9.52-23.83.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.