Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript-x11 package, versions <0:9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-GHOSTSCRIPTX11-7643602
  • published7 Aug 2024
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-29506  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 ghostscript-x11 to version 0:9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-692.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-x11 package and not the ghostscript-x11 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the pdfi_apply_filter() function via a long PDF filter name.

CVSS Scores

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