CVE-2023-38559
A buffer overflow flaw was found in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle() in ghostscript. This issue may allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service via outputting a crafted PDF file for a DEVN device with gs.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 37 | 37.x |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 38 | 38.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 10.0 | 10.0.x |
| artifex / ghostscript | - | 10.02.0 |
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/
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