vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-38559: Security patch for ghostscript (ALAS-2023-1801)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 1, 2023 | Aug 23, 2023 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 1, 2023
Added
Aug 23, 2023
Modified
May 21, 2025
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-ghostscript
References
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