| Date | 2023-07-25 |
| Severity | Medium |
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| Fixed in |
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| CVE | CVE-2023-36664 |
Problem
A bug in ghostscript can be exploited to run arbitrary code on the host machine using prepared PDF document. In BlueSpice, when a) PDFHandler is enabled and b) a PDF document is uploaded, a preview image is being generated using ghostscript. If an attacker uploads a prepared PDF, they can execute code on the server.
PDFHandler is not enabled by default, but many installations have set it active.
Solution
Upgrade Ghostscript to a fixed version and ensure the updated version is used by adding $wgPdfProcessor = '/usr/bin/gs'; to LocalSettings.php.
If upgrade of Ghostscript is not possible, disable the extension PDFHandler. This, however, removes the ability for BlueSpice to render PDF preview images.
Resources
- For Debian: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446
- For Debian10: Information on source package ghostscript (debian.org)
- For Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.8
Acknowledgements
Found during an internal security audit.
