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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.

Published

2023-08-01T17:15:09.890

Last Modified

2024-11-21T08:13:49.757

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-125
Type: Primary
CWE-120

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	< 10.02.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	37	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	38	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6544 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38559 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706897 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224367 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=d81b82c70bc1 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GBV6BTUREXM6DB3OGHGLMWGAZ3I45TXE/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QH7ERAYSSXEYDWWY7LOV7CA5MIDZN3Z6/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)