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
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.amzn2.0.7.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