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Red Hat: CVE-2023-4042: ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-4042: ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/23/2023
Created
11/16/2023
Added
11/15/2023
Modified
01/28/2025

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-dvipdf
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-fonts
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-tools-printing
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-x11
  • redhat-upgrade-ghostscript-x11-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libgs
  • redhat-upgrade-libgs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libgs-devel

References

  • CVE-2023-4042
  • RHSA-2023:7053

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