# ALAS2023-2024-692: Security update for 14 packages

ALAS2023-2024-692, released August 1, 2024, fixes 5 CVEs across 14 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alas2023-2024-692
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Aug 1, 2024
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2024-29509, high severity)
- CVEs: 5, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-692.html

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [ghostscript](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-debugsource](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-debugsource.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-doc](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-doc.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-gtk](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-gtk.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-tools-dvipdf](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-tools-dvipdf.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-tools-fonts](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-tools-fonts.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-tools-printing](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-tools-printing.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-x11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-x11.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [ghostscript-x11-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/ghostscript-x11-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [libgs](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libgs.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [libgs-debuginfo](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libgs-debuginfo.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |
| [libgs-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libgs-devel.md) | amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2024-29509](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-29509.md) | High | ghostscript: Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in t... | 8.8 | 0.0145 |  |
| [CVE-2024-29511](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-29511.md) | High | ghostscript: Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbit... | 7.5 | 0.0114 |  |
| [CVE-2024-29506](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-29506.md) | High | ghostscript: ghostscript - security update | 8.8 | 0.0091 |  |
| [CVE-2024-29507](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-29507.md) | Routine | ghostscript: Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 sometimes has a stack-based buffer overflow via the CIDFSubstPath and CIDFSubstFon... | 5.4 | 0.0072 |  |
| [CVE-2024-29508](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-29508.md) | Routine | ghostscript: This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:  - CVE-2024-29508: Fixed heap pointer leak in pdf_base_font_a... | 3.3 | 0.0038 |  |

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