Improper Input Validation Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions <0:9.07-20.el7_3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.11% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-4672394
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Oct 2016

Introduced: 8 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-8602  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ghostscript-cups to version 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0013.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack.