fkie_cve-2024-29511
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-07-03 19:15
Modified
2025-04-28 17:12
Summary
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript *



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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd."
    },
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      "value": "Artifex Ghostscript anterior a 10.03.1, cuando se usa Tesseract para OCR, tiene un problema de directory traversal que permite la lectura de archivos arbitrarios (y la escritura de mensajes de error en archivos arbitrarios) a trav\u00e9s de OCRLanguage. Por ejemplo, la explotaci\u00f3n puede utilizar debug_file /tmp/out y user_patterns_file /etc/passwd."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2024-29511",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-28T17:12:15.530",
  "metrics": {
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        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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  "published": "2024-07-03T19:15:03.430",
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