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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-38559: Security patch for ghostscript (Multiple Advisories)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Aug 1, 2023

Added

Aug 24, 2023

Modified

May 20, 2026

Description

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscriptamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-docamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ghostscript-gtkamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgs-devel

References

AMAZON-AL2/ALAS-2023-2204
CVE-2023-38559
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-38559
CWE-120
CWE-125
EUVD-EUVD-2023-42358
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-42358

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