MGASA-2023-0260 - Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 11 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0260.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-36664,
     CVE-2023-38559

Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe
devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).
(CVE-2023-36664)

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. (CVE-2023-38559)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32237
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5446
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6213-1
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32070
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6297-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36664
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38559

SRPMS:
- 8/core/ghostscript-9.53.3-2.6.mga8
- 9/core/ghostscript-10.00.0-6.2.mga9