Use After Free Affecting ghostscript-tools-dvipdf package, versions <0:9.27-11.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSDVIPDF-3212349
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed3 Sept 2020

Introduced: 3 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-14373  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 ghostscript-tools-dvipdf to version 0:9.27-11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-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 Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use after free was found in igc_reloc_struct_ptr() of psi/igc.c of ghostscript-9.25. A local attacker could supply a specially crafted PDF file to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1