CVE-2023-4042
Medium
Description
A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Artifex Ghostscript
PublishedAug 23, 2023
First seenAug 23, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-125Out-of-bounds read
How to fix
Update
- artifex ghostscript9.51 or later
Vendor advisories
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| artifex ghostscript | v < 9.51 | 9.51 |
| redhat codeready_linux_builder | 8.0 | — |
| redhat codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64 | 8.0_aarch64 | — |
| redhat codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems | 8.0_s390x | — |
| redhat codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian | 8.0_ppc64le | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 8.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_for_arm_64 | 8.0_aarch64 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems | 8.0_s390x | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian | 8.0_ppc64le | — |
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