ALAS2-2025-2875


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2875
Advisory Released Date: 2025-06-12
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-12
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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)


Affected Packages:

ghostscript


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update ghostscript to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ghostscript-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.aarch64
    libgs-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.aarch64
    libgs-devel-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.aarch64
    ghostscript-gtk-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.aarch64
    ghostscript-cups-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.aarch64
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.aarch64

i686:
    ghostscript-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.i686
    libgs-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.i686
    libgs-devel-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.i686
    ghostscript-gtk-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.i686
    ghostscript-cups-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.i686
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.i686

noarch:
    ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.noarch

src:
    ghostscript-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.src

x86_64:
    ghostscript-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.x86_64
    libgs-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.x86_64
    libgs-devel-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.x86_64
    ghostscript-gtk-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.x86_64
    ghostscript-cups-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.x86_64
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.54.0-9.amzn2.0.11.x86_64