Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript package, versions <0:8.70-11.20.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.24% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GHOSTSCRIPT-1663003
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Oct 2010

Introduced: 23 Oct 2010

CVE-2010-4054  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 ghostscript to version 0:8.70-11.20.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-42.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted font data in a compressed data stream, aka bug 691043.

CVSS Scores

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