Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ghostscript-debuginfo package, versions <0:8.70-24.30.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GHOSTSCRIPTDEBUGINFO-5918391
  • published26 Sept 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-21890  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 ghostscript-debuginfo to version 0:8.70-24.30.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1835.

NVD Description

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

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact(s) via opening of crafted PDF document.

CVSS Scores

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