Divide By Zero Affecting ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package, versions <0:9.27-12.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSDVIPDF-5863892
  • published29 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-21710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf to version 0:9.27-12.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2966.

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 divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file.

CVSS Scores

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