CVE-2023-38559

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-38559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-01 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-03-08 18:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript - All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug Access Denied MISC bugs.ghostscript.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3519-1] ghostscript security update MISC lists.debian.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff MISC git.ghostscript.com
Red Hat access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: ghostscript-10.01.2-3.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: ghostscript-9.56.1-9.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat access.redhat.com
2224367 – (CVE-2023-38559) CVE-2023-38559 ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161100 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ELSA-2023-6544)
  • 161137 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ghostscript (ELSA-2023-7053)
  • 199668 Ubuntu Security Notification for Ghostscript Vulnerability (USN-6297-1)
  • 242317 Red Hat Update for ghostscript (RHSA-2023:6544)
  • 242407 Red Hat Update for ghostscript (RHSA-2023:7053)
  • 284386 Fedora Security Update for ghostscript (FEDORA-2023-cba4a3a00f)
  • 284403 Fedora Security Update for ghostscript (FEDORA-2023-d0ef677e6f)
  • 296107 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 65.157.1 Missing (CPUJAN2024)
  • 355821 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS-2023-1801
  • 355834 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS2-2023-2204
  • 355877 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript : ALAS2023-2023-296
  • 6000118 Debian Security Update for ghostscript (DLA 3519-1)
  • 673373 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2876)
  • 673715 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-3126)
  • 673844 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2895)
  • 673857 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2785)
  • 674059 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2023-2809)
  • 941375 AlmaLinux Security Update for ghostscript (ALSA-2023:6544)
  • 941434 AlmaLinux Security Update for ghostscript (ALSA-2023:7053)
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