Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-2132493
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 6 Sep 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.6 or higher.

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.

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.