Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package, versions <0:9.27-11.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSDVIPDF-5852878
- published 23 Aug 2023
- disclosed 23 Aug 2023
Introduced: 23 Aug 2023
CVE-2023-4042 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf to version 0:9.27-11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7053.
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 flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.