Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ghostscript-tools-printing package, versions <0:9.27-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSPRINTING-5641053
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed18 May 2021

Introduced: 18 May 2021

CVE-2020-17538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 ghostscript-tools-printing to version 0:9.27-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2021:1852.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-tools-printing package and not the ghostscript-tools-printing package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow vulnerability in GetNumSameData() in contrib/lips4/gdevlips.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS Scores

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