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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSFONTS-5863884
  • published 29 Aug 2023
  • disclosed 22 Aug 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-tools-fonts 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-fonts package and not the ghostscript-tools-fonts 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

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.5 medium