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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-4042: Moderate: ghostscript security and bug fix update (CESA-2023:7053)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-4042: Moderate: ghostscript security and bug fix update (CESA-2023:7053)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/23/2023
Created
11/16/2023
Added
11/15/2023
Modified
11/15/2023

Description

A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • centos-upgrade-ghostscript-x11-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libgs
  • centos-upgrade-libgs-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2023-4042

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