Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTDOC-6040869
- published 31 Oct 2023
- disclosed 6 Nov 2019
Introduced: 6 Nov 2019
CVE-2020-27792 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 ghostscript-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-doc package and not the ghostscript-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A heap-based buffer overwrite vulnerability was found in GhostScript's lp8000_print_page() function in the gdevlp8k.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a crafted PDF file, triggering the heap buffer overflow that could lead to memory corruption or a denial of service.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7