ALAS2-2023-2308

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-16294   CVE-2020-21710  

A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51. (CVE-2020-16294) A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file. (CVE-2020-21710)

ALAS2-2023-2308


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2308
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-12 15:09 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-19 23:41 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A buffer overflow vulnerability in epsc_print_page() in devices/gdevepsc.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51. (CVE-2020-16294)

A divide by zero issue discovered in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c in Artifex Software GhostScript 9.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted PDF file. (CVE-2020-21710)


Affected Packages:

ghostscript


Issue Correction:
Run yum update ghostscript to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.aarch64

i686:
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.i686
    libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.i686
    libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.i686
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.i686
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.i686
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.i686

noarch:
    ghostscript-doc-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.noarch

src:
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.src

x86_64:
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.7.x86_64