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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
10.73% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-5130583
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 4 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-7979  (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.

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.