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) | 08/01/2023 | 08/23/2023 | 01/28/2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/01/2023
Added
08/23/2023
Modified
01/28/2025
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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