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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2023-4042) The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be.

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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2023-4042) The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be.

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/23/2023
Created
01/31/2024
Added
01/24/2024
Modified
01/24/2024

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)

  • ghostscript-upgrade-9_51

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