gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.

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

  - gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument     sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext. (CVE-2025-48708)

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-c3e110251c advisory.

    Automatic update for ghostscript-10.05.1-2.fc43.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Tue May 27 2025 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 10.05.1-2
    - CVE-2025-48708 ghostscript: Ghostscript Argument Sanitization Vulnerability (fedora#2368149,     fedora#2368134)

    ```

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 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7623-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG, vendored in Ghostscript did not correctly handle large image files. If a     user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2023-39327)

    Thomas Rinsma discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle printing certain variables. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and     Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29508)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle loading certain libraries. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2024-33871)

    It was discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu     18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-56826, CVE-2024-56827, CVE-2025-27832, CVE-2025-27835, CVE-2025-27836)

    Vasileios Flengas discovered that Ghostscript did not correctly handle argument sanitization. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-48708)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 version of ghostscript installed on the remote host is prior to 9.54.0-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2875 advisory.

    gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument     sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext. (CVE-2025-48708)

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

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1000 advisory.

    gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument     sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext. (CVE-2025-48708)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2025-5be02d3285 advisory.

    CVE-2025-48708 ghostscript: Ghostscript Argument Sanitization Vulnerability (fedora#2368148,     fedora#2368134)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
250491	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-48708	Nessus	Misc.	low
249160	Fedora 43 : ghostscript (2025-c3e110251c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
241623	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-7623-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	low
238366	Amazon Linux 2 : ghostscript (ALAS-2025-2875)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
238271	Amazon Linux 2023 : ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-tools-dvipdf (ALAS2023-2025-1000)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
237937	Fedora 41 : ghostscript (2025-5be02d3285)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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