libgs-devel: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents
CVE-2023-4042 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2023:7053, released November 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
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 · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-doc · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| ghostscript-x11 · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| libgs · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | RHSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · almalinux 8 | 9.27-11.el8 | ALSA-2023:7053 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| libgs-devel · ol 8 | 0:9.27-11.el8 | ELSA-2023-7053 | Nov 17, 2023 |
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