ghostscript: Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-27837: Patch to...
CVE-2025-27837 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2025-927, released April 9, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-27837: Patch to error check UTF-8 conversions. Fixed in ghostpdl-10.05.0 by adding a check on the value returned by the gp_utf8_to_uint16 function. Info: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708238 Patch: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=dbb9f2b11f820697e77863523a8d835ab040e5d1 (ghostpdl-10.05.0) CVE-2025-27836: Potential print buffer overflow. Fixed in ghostpdl-10.05.0 by implementing stricter buffer length validation. Info: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708192 Patch: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=8b6d19b2b4079da6863ef25f2370f25d4b054919 (ghostpdl-10.05.0) CVE-2025-27835: Fix confusion between bytes and shorts. Data is being copied from a string in multiple of shorts, rather than multiple of bytes, leading to both a read (probably benign, given the memory manager) and write buffer overflow. Info: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708131 Patch: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=de900010a6f2310d1fd54e99eeba466693da0e13 (ghostpdl-10.05.0) CVE-2025-27834: PDF interpreter - Guard against unsigned int overflow. A large Type 4 function definition can overflow the uint counter, causing the allocated buffer to be smaller than required. Info: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708253 Patch: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=ef42ff180a04926e187d40faea40d4a43e304e3b (ghostpdl-10.05.0)
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| ghostscript · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-doc · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-gtk · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-tools-dvipdf · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-tools-fonts · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-tools-printing · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-x11 · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| ghostscript-x11-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| libgs · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| libgs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| libgs-devel · amzn 2023 | 9.56.1-7.amzn2023.0.16 | ALAS2023-2025-927 | Apr 9, 2025 |
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