Use After Free Affecting ghostscript-x11 package, versions <9.52-161.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-GHOSTSCRIPTX11-3311968
  • published7 Feb 2023
  • disclosed31 Jan 2023

Introduced: 31 Jan 2023

CVE-2021-45944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 ghostscript-x11 to version 9.52-161.1 or higher.

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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ghostscript GhostPDL 9.50 through 9.53.3 has a use-after-free in sampled_data_sample (called from sampled_data_continue and interp).

CVSS Scores

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