Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript-tools-printing package, versions <0:9.27-11.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSPRINTING-5852881
  • published23 Aug 2023
  • disclosed23 Aug 2023

Introduced: 23 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 ghostscript-tools-printing to version 0:9.27-11.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-tools-printing package and not the ghostscript-tools-printing package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1