Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package, versions <0:9.27-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSDVIPDF-4010750
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf to version 0:9.27-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1852.

NVD Description

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

A buffer overflow vulnerability in cif_print_page() in devices/gdevcif.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

CVSS Scores

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