Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-2007584
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 13 Aug 2020

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ghostscript-cups.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-cups package and not the ghostscript-cups package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow vulnerability in pcx_write_rle() in contrib/japanese/gdev10v.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

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.5 medium