Divide By Zero Affecting ghostscript-x11 package, versions <0:9.27-12.el8
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (45th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-GHOSTSCRIPTX11-5863875
- published 29 Aug 2023
- disclosed 22 Aug 2023
Introduced: 22 Aug 2023
CVE-2020-21710 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 ghostscript-x11 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-x11 package and not the ghostscript-x11 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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21710
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=4e713293de84b689c4ab358f3e110ea54aa81925
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701843
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e713293de84b689c4ab358f3e110ea54aa81925
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00029.html
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