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HistoryJan 19, 2024 - 1:51 a.m.

Important: ghostscript

2024-01-1901:51:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
6
artifex ghostscript
remote attackers
dangling pointer
cve-2023-46751
yum update

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

38.8%

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in the function gdev_prn_open_printer_seekable() in Artifex Ghostscript through 10.02.0 allows remote attackers to crash the application via a dangling pointer. (CVE-2023-46751)

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.amzn2.0.8.aarch64  
    libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.aarch64  
    libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.aarch64  
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.aarch64  
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.aarch64  
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.i686  
    libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.i686  
    libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.i686  
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.i686  
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.i686  
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.i686  
  
noarch:  
    ghostscript-doc-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.noarch  
  
src:  
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.src  
  
x86_64:  
    ghostscript-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.x86_64  
    libgs-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.x86_64  
    libgs-devel-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.x86_64  
    ghostscript-gtk-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.x86_64  
    ghostscript-cups-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.x86_64  
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.25-5.amzn2.0.8.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-46751

Mitre: CVE-2023-46751

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

38.8%