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Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting ghostscript-devel package, versions <0:9.07-20.el7_3.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.73% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GHOSTSCRIPTDEVEL-2511192
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2017
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Introduced: 23 May 2017

CVE-2016-7979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ghostscript-devel to version 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0013.

NVD Description

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

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.