CVE-2023-38559
libgs: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents
CVE-2023-38559 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1, released August 1, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0044
38th percentile
The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed. Security Fix(es): * ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption (CVE-2023-28879) * ghostscript: Out-of-bound read in base/gdevdevn.c:1973 in devn_pcx_write_rle could result in DoS (CVE-2023-38559) * ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305 (CVE-2023-4042) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| ghostscript · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38559 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 10.02.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38559 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript · Debian 14 | 10.02.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38559 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| ghostscript-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| ghostscript-gtk · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | ghostscript-x 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | ghostscript-x 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | ghostscript-x 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| libgs · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| libgs · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| libgs · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| libgs · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| libgs · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| libgs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · RHEL 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | RHSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · almalinux 9 | 9.54.0-13.el9 | ALSA-2023:6544 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-296 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · ol 9 | 0:9.54.0-13.el9 | ELSA-2023-6544 | Nov 11, 2023 |
| libgs9 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| libgs9 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | libgs9 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| libgs9 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | libgs9 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| libgs9-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | libgs9-common 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm1 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| libgs9-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | libgs9-common 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.9 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| libgs9-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | libgs9-common 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.4 | Aug 1, 2023 |
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