UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36664

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-36664

    Published: 25 Jun 2023Last Modified: 16 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-36664
    Aliases:
    USN-6213-1

    Summary:

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

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-36664, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6213-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36664

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.8

    Affected versions

    9.27~dfsg+0-0ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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