Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2204
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-17 11:57 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-08-23 00:18 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
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)
Affected Packages:
ghostscript
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update ghostscript to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.i686
noarch:
ghostscript-doc-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.noarch
src:
ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.4.x86_64