ALSA-2023:7053

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Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7053.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:7053.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:7053
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Published
2023-11-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-11-23T10:22:35Z
Summary
Moderate: ghostscript security and bug fix update
Details

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

  • ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879)
  • ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devnpcxwrite_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559)
  • ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / ghostscript-doc

Package

Name
ghostscript-doc

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / ghostscript-tools-dvipdf

Package

Name
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / ghostscript-tools-fonts

Package

Name
ghostscript-tools-fonts

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / ghostscript-tools-printing

Package

Name
ghostscript-tools-printing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / ghostscript-x11

Package

Name
ghostscript-x11

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / libgs

Package

Name
libgs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / libgs-devel

Package

Name
libgs-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.27-11.el8