In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46954.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding.
    NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46954. (CVE-2025-46646)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-252a9ed5ff advisory.

    Automatic update for ghostscript-10.05.1-1.fc43.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Mon May 19 2025 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 10.05.1-1
    - 10.05.1, security fix for CVE-2025-46646 (fedora#2362935, fedora#2362446, fedora#2362640)

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202508-02 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers     referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-db5caba0cc advisory.

    10.05.1, security fix for CVE-2025-46646 (fedora#2362935, fedora#2362446, fedora#2362640)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-d5e2376a90 advisory.

    CVE-2025-46646 ghostscript: Mishandling of Overlong UTF-8 Encoding in decode_utf8() (fedora#2362639,     fedora#2362446)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7473-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled parsing certain PS files. An attacker could use     this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass file path     validation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260210	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46646	Nessus	Misc.	medium
249159	Fedora 43 : ghostscript (2025-252a9ed5ff)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
243974	GLSA-202508-02 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
241304	Fedora 42 : ghostscript (2025-db5caba0cc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
237212	Fedora 41 : ghostscript (2025-d5e2376a90)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
235067	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Ghostscript vulnerability (USN-7473-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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